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Monument Number 1418683
Hob Uid: 1418683
Location : Medway Hoo St. Werburgh
Grid Ref : TQ7817173109
Summary : A Second World War reinforced concrete Type 28 anti tank pillbox with brick shuttering is located to the east of Bells Lane and south of Ratcliffe Highway, on the east side of Hoo St Werburgh. The structure survives and is Grade II listed. The pillbox is one element within the supporting defences of a Stop Line (Monument 1542577) constructed in 1940 across the south western third of the Hoo Peninsula, from the north bank of the Medway to the south bank of the Thames at Higham Creek. The pillbox and the rest of the Stop Line defence system have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.
More information : Concrete anti-tank pillbox with brick shuttering. Non-hexagonal 'double' pillbox [probably type 28]. Rectangular anti-tank gun emplacement for 2-pr. or 6-pr. WW1 naval gun. Contains plaque "1940- Hell's Corner- BY BEF". In good condition. Approx. 170 metres from junction of footpath to Five Bells Lane, in corner of orchard. (1) A Type 28 gun emplacement constructed of concrete with brick shuttering. The roof has a chamfered edge. The gun emplacement is third in line of a total of four pillboxes (see HOB UIDs 1418711, 1426745 and 1418684). Grade II listed. (2) The Second World War pillbox described in authorities 1 and 2 is visible on aerial photographs and has been mapped as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The pillbox is one element within the supporting defences of a Stop Line (Monument 1542577) constructed in 1940 across the south western third of the Hoo Peninsula, from the north bank of the Medway to the south bank of the Thames at Higham Creek. Other elements of the Stop Line defence system in the immediate vicinity of this pillbox include parts of the anti tank ditch (Monument 1542610 and Monument 1542630), the pillboxes noted in authority 2, and two additional small structures, probably representing gun emplacements (Monuments ?? and ???). (3-5)

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Source details : The two databases developed by the Project can be searched on-line through the Archaeology Data Service at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm
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Source details : District of Rochester upon Medway, 20th April 2007
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Source details : NMR US/7GR/LOC348 2065 27-MAY-1944
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Source details : NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1923 4094 16-JAN-1947
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : PGA_TQ7873_2007-04-21
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Pillbox (Type FW3/28)
Evidence : Structure

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : DoB Anti Invasion Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0002671
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Kent)
External Cross Reference Number : KE16360: TQ 77 SE 149
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 502906
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 77 SE 139
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-04-01
End Date : 2002-03-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2010-09-01
End Date : 2012-03-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1418683