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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. This feature comprises a probable Second World War type 24 pillbox located in the southern end of the Old Rectory, north of Cliffe Woods. Likely since removed.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX? (Modern - 1940 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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This feature was recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula. The report states: "A probable type 24 Second World War pillbox located at the southern end of the garden of the Old Rectory. This pillbox was mapped from 1946 aerial photographs. It is possible that this pillbox may be one of the two removed pillboxes described as being located within the orchard to the north of this, just behind the hedge on Rectory Road (NRHE 1418671 and 1418672). Condition: Neither of the removed pillboxes could be seen on the aerial photographs taken in 1946 when the pillbox in the south of the orchard could clearly be seen. No access was possible during a field visit in May 2015 and the pillbox could not be observed." (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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