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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 1346
Type of record:Monument
Name:First World War redoubt, part of it reused to site a Second World War Type 24 pillbox (recorded as separate HER reocrd). East of Lodge Hill Depot.

Summary

This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula. This feature comprises a First World War redoubt, part of which was reused to site a Second World War Type 24 pillbox (recorded as a separate HER record - TQ 77 SE 1244). The redoubt is located east of the Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot, Hoo Peninsula.

Grid Reference:TQ 7729 7428
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • REDOUBT (Modern - 1914 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 First World War redoubt is located east of the Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot on the Hoo Peninsula and was partly reused as a site for a Second World War Type 24 pillbox, which is recorded separately on the HER at TQ 77 SE 1244. The report states: "Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox constructed at the edge of a First World War redoubt (NHRE 1546157)…Visible on 2013 Google Earth photpographs within the southern half of First World War redoubt. The pillbox was seen during a site visit in May 2015 within the substantial redoubt earthwork. The door and embrasures are blocked". (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.

Sources and further reading

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<1>Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014..