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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 1348
Type of record:Monument
Name:First World War redoubt, adjacent to Hoo Peninsula Stop Line, may have been reused in Second World War, located between Lodge Hill Wood, Wyborne Wood.

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, adjacent to the Hoo Peninsula Stop Line which may have been reused in the Second World War. It is located north of the Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot and between Lodge Hill Wood and Wybornes Wood.


Grid Reference:TQ 7648 7447
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:COOLING, 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 report states: First World War redoubt adjacent to the Stop Line, appears abandoned by the Second World War but may have been reused. Recorded on 1944 aerial photographs but not visible on Google Earth 2013. Not seen on a May 2015 visit as field in arable." (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

Cross-ref. Source description
<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..

Related records

TQ 77 SE 1322Part of: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula, Kent (Monument)