Monument Number 1426121 |
| Hob Uid: 1426121 | |
Location :
Medway
High Halstow
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| Grid Ref : TQ7730774264 |
| Summary : A Second World War reinforced concrete Type 24 pillbox, constructed at the edge of a slightly entrenched copse near the eastern end of Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armaments Depot (Monument 1077634). 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 : Concrete type 24 pillbox in slightly entrenched copse. Narrow wall version with brick skin. Part of the defences for Lodge Hill Magazine Establishment. Door and embrasures blocked.150m E of E boundary of Lodge Hill Magazine Establishment. (1)
The Second World War pillbox described in authority 1 is located near the eastern end of Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armaments Depot (Monument 1077634). The pillbox would have provided protection for the depot, and is also an 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 overlooks the course of the Stop Line's anti tank ditch and, along with the rest of the Stop Line defence system, has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. It appeared as an extant structure on a Google Earth aerial photograph taken in 2009. (2-3) |