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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 1268 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Anti-tank pillbox, Berry Court Wood, Cliffe |
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Summary
Good condition type 28A pillbox. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940. Facing west.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7503 7394 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Two Anti-tank pillboxes, northern edge of Berry Court Wood, Cliffe |
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Full description
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Standard concrete construction anti-tank pillbox with 4 embrasures. Gun holdfast ring in place.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail?
Condition : very good
Date of visit : 12/03/06
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This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Hoo Peninsula Second World War Stop Line, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states: "Second World War anti-tank gun emplacement or pillbox near the foot of a north facing slope at the northern edge of Berry Court Wood. The structure is 8.25m long by 6.5m wide. Recorded on 1944 aerial photographs and partially on 2013 Google Earth aerial photographs. Could not be located due to dense vegetation during a field visit in 2014.". (2)
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 12/01/40, War diary. (Collection). SKE14271.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 12/01/40, War diary. (Collection). Ske14271.
MMRG, 12/06/06, Type 24 A Pill Box (Photograph). SKE14508.
MMRG, 12/06/06, Type 24 A Pill Box (Photograph). Ske14508.
<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.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 12/01/40. War diary.. |
| --- | Photograph: MMRG. 12/06/06. Type 24 A Pill Box. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014.. |
Related records
| TQ 77 SE 1322 | Part of: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula, Kent (Monument) |
