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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 77 SE 1278
Type of record:	Building
Name:	Type 24 Pillbox, south of Wybornes Wood, High Halstow

Summary

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

Summary from record TQ 77 SE 112:

A concrete, type 24, World War II Pillbox facing east at Lodge Hill Ammunition Depot, High Halstow. The pillbox is a 'Narrow wall version with a brick skin' and its doors and loopholes are now blocked. It was part of the defences of the Lodge Hill Magazine.

Grid Reference:	TQ 77025 74322
Map Sheet:	TQ77SE
Parish:	HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Protected Status:	Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Second World War Pillbox and air raid shelter

Full description

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Standard concrete construction infantry pillbox, Door and embrasure blocked.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 11/05/06

Description from record TQ 77 SE 112:
Concrete type 24 pillbox facing E. Narrow wall version with brick skin. Blocked loopholes and door. Pert of Lodge Hill Magazine defences. (1)

Featured in English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in 2014: "Second World War reinforced concrete Type 24 pillbox, located at the north east corner of Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armaments Depot. It probably also formed part of the defences of the stop line. Recorded on aerial photographs taken in 1940 (RAF) and 2007 (PGA), but partially obscured later by a tree. Seen on May 2015 field visit with a blocked entrance and embrasures. Rubble against the western side is possibly the remains of another pillbox but its original location is unclear". (2)

MMRG, 05/11/06, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). SKE14667.

MMRG, 05/11/06, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). Ske14667.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). SKE14323.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). Ske14323.

<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 pill box.
<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)