More information : Concrete pillbox with brick shuttering. Pillbox.Concrete type 24 pillbox facing E: narrow wall version with brick skin. At orchard gate near footpath to Five Bells Lane, S of Ratcliffe Highway, Hoo. (1)
North-east facing Type 24 pillbox with the irregularity of no brickwork above the embrasure. It is situated furthest south in a line of in total of four pillboxes (see HOB UIDs 1418711, 1426745 and 1418683). 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 part 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 ???). (3-4) |