Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Good condition type 28A anti tank pillbox. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940. Facing east.

Monument Types

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

Full description

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Standard concrete construction anti tank pillbox, unable to access at time of visit as entrance via Lodge Hill camp.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 11/10/06

This structure is reported 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 that "Second World War rectangular artillery pillbox located at the south-east corner of Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armament Depot. The pillbox was part of the perimeter defences of the Armament Depot and also overlooked the course of the line. The structure was surveyed as part of a Built Heritage Baseline Assessment (CgMs Ltd 2009) in advance of the development of the Lodge Hill Depot site. " (2)

MMRG, 05/11/06, Type 28 A Pill box (Photograph). SKE14668.

MMRG, 05/11/06, Type 28 A Pill box (Photograph). Ske14668.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). SKE14324.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). Ske14324.

<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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