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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 1255 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Type 24 pillbox, north-west corner of Wybornes Wood, High Halstow |
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Summary
Good condition type 24 pillbox. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940. Facing N.
Summary from record TQ 77 SE 110:
A concrete, type 24, World War II Pillbox at the north west corner of Wybornes Wood, High Halstow. The pillbox is a 'Narrow wall version with a brick skin'. It was part of the defences of the Lodge Hill Magazine.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7676 7453 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Good condition type 24 pillbox. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940. |
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Full description
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Standard concrete construction infantry pillbox, Door and embrasures blocked.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 05/11/06
Description from record TQ 77 SE 110:
Concrete type 24 pillbox on crestline facing N. Narrow wall version with brick skin. Part of the defences off Lodge Hill magazine. (1)
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 Type 24 pillbox on crest line facing north. Not identified on photographs. The Defence of Britain Project notes it is in a hedgerow at the north-west corner of Wybornes Wood." (2)
MMRG, 05/11/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). SKE14666.
MMRG, 05/11/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). Ske14666.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). SKE14322.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). Ske14322.
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, site visit by VTC Smith 29/9/95 (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.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War Diary. |
| --- | Photograph: MMRG. 05/11/06. Type 24 pillbox. |
| <1> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. site visit by VTC Smith 29/9/95. |
| <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) |
