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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NW 1230 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Four concrete blocks - part of anti-tank defences for the Second World War Stop Line, Hoo Peninsula. Since removed. |
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Summary
This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula. This feature comprises four concrete blocks which were part of anti-tank defences for the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula. They have been since removed as part of quarrying (Cliffe Parish).
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7125 7613 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ANTI TANK BLOCK (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. These are described as supporting defensive features at the Cliffe quarries to south bank of River Thames. The report states: "Four concrete blocks (each 1.2m) in a square arrangement, 4.2m x 4.2m, 225m. Condition: Recorded on RAF aerial photographs taken in March 1941. Removed during post war quarrying." (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 1322 | Part of: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula, Kent (Monument) |
