Monument Number 1418680 |
| Hob Uid: 1418680 | |
Location :
Medway
Hoo St. Werburgh
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| Grid Ref : TQ7752773558 |
| Summary : A Second World War reinforced concrete anti-tank pillbox is located in the garden of Deangate, on the east side of Deangate Road, north of Hoo St Werburgh. The pillbox survives, although part of the house garden has been laid out on top of it. 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 : Anti-tank pillbox, with part of house garden laid out on top.Concrete anti-tank pillbox type 28 facing N. In garden of Deangate, E side of Deangate Road, Hoo St Werburgh. (1)
The Second World War rectangular anti tank pillbox described in authority 1 has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The pillbox 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. Other elements of the Stop Line defence system in the immediate vicinity of this pillbox include part of the anti tank ditch (Monument 1542630) and another pillbox to the south east (Monument 1418681). This pillbox was also in a position to defend the south eastern appproach to the Royal Naval Armement Depot at Lodge Hill (Monument 1077634). (2-4)
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