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Monument details

Summary

Good condition type 24 pillbox. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940.

A Concrete World War II pillbox, located on woodland at the edge of north boundary of Berry Court Wood, Hoo St. Werburgh. The type 24 pillbox faces north and is a roofed narrow wall version with brick skin. It was visited during 1995 and 2014.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD to 2050 AD?)

Full description

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Standard concrete construction pillbox with 7 embrasures. With brick shuttering.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : Via public footpath.
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail?
Condition : good
Date of visit : 12/03/06

Description from record TQ 77 SE 116:
1940 Pillbox at edge of N. boundary of Berry Courtwood. Concrete type 24, a roofed building facing N. Narrow wall version with brick skin. On woodland/unmanaged land.

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This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states: "Second World War reinforced concrete and brick shuttered Type 24 pillbox located at the northern edge of Berry Court Wood at the junction of two footpaths. The pillbox has recessed embrasures. This pillbox was constructed at the point where the Stop Line's anti-tank ditch met the edge of Berry Court Wood, which was incorporated as a defence obstruction. The pillbox was recorded during the Defence of Britain Project but was only visible on aerial photographs of 1944 and 1953 during the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project. The pillbox was located and seen to be a complete structure during a field visit in 2014. " (2)

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 12/01/40, War diary. (Collection). SKE14269.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 12/01/40, War diary. (Collection). Ske14269.

MMRG, 12/03/06, Pill box type 24 (Photograph). SKE14500.

MMRG, 12/03/06, Pill box type 24 (Photograph). Ske14500.

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Site visit by VTC Smith 1995 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31599.

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