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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 1281 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Plinth of Type 24 Pillbox, north of Wybornes Wood, High Halstow |
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Summary
Uncompleted type 24 infantry pillbox!? Forgotten by contractors ? As plinth constructed by one contractor pillbox structure by another. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940. Facing N.
Summary from record TQ 77 SE 113:
The base of a concrete, type 24, World War II Pillbox is located on the north west edge of Wybornes Wood. This now incomplete Pillbox was part of the defences of the Lodge Hill Ammunition Depot.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7700 7457 |
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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: Second World War type 24 pillbox |
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Full description
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Concrete plinth
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 11/10/06
Description from record TQ 77 SE 113:
Concrete type 24 pillbox on crestline facing N. Incomplete (base slab only). Intended to be part of the defences of Lodge Hill Magazine. Site visit by VTC Smith 29/9/1995
Included in English Heritage Report on the Second World War Stop Line in 2014: "Second World War reinforced concrete Type 24 pillbox, constructed on the north-west edge of Wybornes Wood, High Halstow, near the north-eastern corner of Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armaments Depot. It appeared as an extant structure on Google Earth aerial photographs taken in 2007, but is under tree cover on aerial photographs of 2013 so current condition is unknown". (2)
MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 24 pill box base (Photograph). SKE14686.
MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 24 pill box base (Photograph). Ske14686.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary (Collection). SKE14326.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary (Collection). Ske14326.
<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.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War diary. |
| --- | Photograph: MMRG. 10/11/06. Type 24 pill box base. |
| <1> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Site visit by VTC Smith 1995. |
| <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) |
