Monument Number 1418676 |
Hob Uid: 1418676 | |
Location : Medway Cliffe and Cliffe Woods
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Grid Ref : TQ7473673736 |
Summary : Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox with brick shuttering. A Type 24 pillbox in good condition has been recorded by field survey and is visible on aerial photographs. It is part of 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. |
More information : Concrete pillbox with brick shuttering.
Type 24 pillbox in good condition. About 100 metres due S from the junction of Cooling Common and Cooling Street, Cooling. (1)
The pillbox described in authority 1 is located at the edge of Berry Court Wood, near the foot of a north west facing slope. This structure 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. This pillbox overlooks an apparent gap between the wood and a section of the Stop Line's anti tank ditch (Monument 1542694). 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. (2-4) |