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Monument details

Summary

This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula. The feature comprises a Second World War Type 24 pillbox on the western edge of Lodge Hill Wood near the north side of Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armaments Depot, located on Rough Shaw, a north west facing slope, where the anti-tank ditch meets the west side of Lodge Hill Wood.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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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: "Second World War concrete Type 24 pillbox constructed on the western edge of Lodge Hill Wood near the north side of Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armaments Depot. It is located on Rough Shaw, a north west facing slope at the point where the anti-tank ditch meets the west side of Lodge Hill Wood. This is recorded on aerial photographs taken in 1944 and 1953 but has not been identified on later photographs. Its current condition is unknown." (1)

<1> 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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