Monument Number 1418689 |
| Hob Uid: 1418689 | |
Location :
Medway
Hoo St. Werburgh
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| Grid Ref : TQ7924471694 |
| Summary : A Second World War reinforced concrete anti-tank pillbox, brick-shuttered, was constructed on the river wall on the north bank of the Medway, south east of Hoo St Werburgh. The pillbox formed part of the southernmost end of a Stop Line (Monument 1542577), comprising an anti tank ditch, gun emplacements, roadblocks and other obstructive features, which extended 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 have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. |
More information : Anti-tank pillbox Brick-shuttered). 'Double' non-hexagonal pillbox. [probably type 28]. Rectangular structure for mounting 2pr or 6pr. WW1 QF navel gun. Internal dividing wall with smaller section of blockhouse for heavy machine gun. On river wall (Medway). (1)
Listed as a type 28 pillbox at Grade II. (2)
The Second World War reinforced concrete anti-tank pillbox described in authority 1 is still extant on the river wall on the north bank of the Medway, south east of Hoo St Werburgh. The pillbox formed part of the southernmost end of a Stop Line (Monument 1542577), comprising an anti tank ditch, gun emplacements, roadblocks and other obstructive features which extended 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. Elements of this system located in the immediate vicinity include part of the anti tank ditch (Monument 1542610), another pillbox on the river wall (Monument 1418688), a row of anti tank cubes (Monument 1418690) and an anti tank pimple or separate anti tank cube (Monument 1542799). The pillbox is visible on aerial photographs taken in May 1942. It and the rest of the Stop Line have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (3-4) |