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Monument Number 1549983
Hob Uid: 1549983
Location : Medway Hoo St. Werburgh
Grid Ref : TQ7577073360
Summary : A possible gun emplacement or light anti aircraft battery of the Second World War, located just within the western gate of Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot (Monument 1077634), is visible on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s and 1950s and has been mapped as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The site comprises a roughly square earthwork about 11m by 10m, with a path or track providing access to a weapons pit or gun mounting point at its centre.
More information : TQ 7578 7336. A possible gun emplacement or light anti aircraft battery of the Second World War, located just within the western gate of Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot (Monument 1077634), is visible on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s and 1950s and has been mapped as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The site comprises a roughly square earthwork about 11m by 10m, with a path providing access to a weapons pit or gun mounting point at its centre. (1-2)

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Source Number : 1
Source : Vertical aerial photograph reference number
Source details : NMR US/7GR/LOC348 2065 27-MAY-1944
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Source Number : 2
Source : Vertical aerial photograph reference number
Source details : NMR RAF/82/1006 0073 31-AUG-1954
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 77 SE 375
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Associated Activities : Primary, ENGLISH HERITAGE: HOO PENINSULA LANDSCAPE PROJECT NMP
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2010-09-01
End Date : 2012-03-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1549983