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Monument Number 1418674
Hob Uid: 1418674
Location : Medway Cliffe and Cliffe Woods
Grid Ref : TQ7361074017
Summary : Two Second World War reinforced concrete anti-tank pillboxes (brick-shuttered), set at right angles to each other but not apparently interconnected, located 20 metres west of Town Road to the north of Cliffe Woods. On aerial photographs taken in May 1944, the pillboxes appear to lie within a military installation or compound, accompanied by up to five additional military support buildings. The support buildings were removed by January 1947, while the two pillboxes were visible on aerial photographs until at least April 2007. The whole military installation has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. This site, along with another pillbox (Monument 1418675) located about 65m to the south east, on the other side of Town Road, formed part of the in depth defences associated with the Hoo Stop Line (Monument 1542577, 1542694).
More information : Two concrete anti-tank pillboxes (brick-shuttered), set at right angles to each other but not apparently interconnected. Twin embrasures. Anti-tank blockhouse of brick and concrete construction. 20 metres from the road by the side of garages, Cliffe Woods area. (1) Aerial photographs taken in May 1944 indicate that the pillboxes described in authority 1 lay within a military installation or compound, accompanied by up to five additional military support buildings. The support buildings were removed by January 1947, while the two pillboxes were visible on aerial photographs until at least April 2007. The whole military installation has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. This site, along with another pillbox (Monument 1418675) located about 65m to the south east, on the other side of Town Road, formed part of the in depth defences associated with the Hoo Stop Line (Monument 1542577, 1542694). (2-4)

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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 : NMR US/7GR/LOC348 3063 27-MAY-1944
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Source details : NMR CPE/UK/1923 3063 16-JAN-1947
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Source details : PGA_TQ7374_2007-04-21
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External Cross Reference Source : DoB Anti Invasion Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0002662
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Kent)
External Cross Reference Number : KE16251: TQ 77 SW 67
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 77 SW 64
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Relationship type : General association

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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 1418674