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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 1246 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Type 28A Pillbox, south of First World War redoubt, Cooling |
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Summary
Poor condition (roof blown in) type 28A anti tank pillbox with bolt ring in place. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940. Facing north west.
Summary from record TQ 77 SE 106:
A concrete type 28 World War II Anti-Tank Pillbox. West facing with a partially destroyed roof. The pillbox was part of the defences of the Lodge Hill Magazine.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 76591 74237 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Destroyed post 1945, Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Poor condition (roof blown in) type 28A anti tank pillbox (Second World War) with bolt ring in place. Forming part of Hoo stop line |
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Full description
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Standard concrete construction anti tank pillbox.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : poor
Date of visit : 11/10/06
Description from record TQ 77 SE 106:
Concrete anti-tank pillbox type 28 facing west. Roof partially blown in. Hold fast remains. Part of the defences of the lodge hill ammunition depot. (1)
This feature is mentioned 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: "A concrete anti-tank Type 28 pillbox facing west, part of the defences for Lodge Hill Royal Naval Ordnance Depot and the stop line. Recorded as a roofless structure on 2011 (English Heritage) and 2013 (Google Earth) aerial photographs. Seen on a field visit in May 2015. There is a metal base plate for a gun emplacement on one of the embrasures. " (2)
MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 28 A pillbox (Photograph). SKE14697.
MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 28 A pillbox (Photograph). Ske14697.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). SKE14337.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). Ske14337.
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, site visit by VTC Smith 15/10/95 (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. 10/11/06. Type 28 A pillbox. |
| <1> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. site visit by VTC Smith 15/10/95. |
| <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) |
