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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 1247 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Type 28A Pillbox, east of First World War redoubt, Cooling |
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Summary
Good condition type 28A anti tank pillbox, embrasures sealed. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940. Facing south east.
Summary from record TQ 77 SE 108:
A concrete type 28 World War II Anti-Tank Pillbox. East facing, the entrance and the gunport are blocked. The pillbox was part of the defences of the Lodge Hill Magazine.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7668 7428 |
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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 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Standard concrete construction Second World War anti tank pillbox. |
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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 : good
Date of visit : 11/10/06
Description from record TQ 77 SE 108:
Concrete anti-tank pillbox type 28 facing E, entrance and gunport blocked. Part of the defences for Lodge Hill ammunition depot
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: "A concrete anti-tank Type 28 pillbox facing east - part of the defences for Lodge Hill Royal Naval Ordnance Depot and the stop line. Recorded on 2011 aerial photographs but under partial tree cover by 2013 (Google Earth). The entrance and embrasures are blocked. (2)
MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 28 A Pill Box (Photograph). SKE14698.
MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 28 A Pill Box (Photograph). Ske14698.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). SKE14338.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). Ske14338.
<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 Pill Box. |
| <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) |
