| Summary : Second World War reinforced concrete anti-tank pillbox type 28 facing West. The structure is located to the north of Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armaments Depot (Monument 1077634) on agricultural land, and has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. It formed part of the defences of the Hoo Stop Line (Monument 1542577), a system of anti tank ditches, gun emplacements and pillboxes constructed in 1940 across the south western third of the Hoo Peninsula, from the Medway to the Thames. An identical anti tank pillbox, facing east, is located 107 metres to the east (Monument 1426109). |
More information : Concrete anti-tank pillbox type 28 facing W. Roof partially blown in. Holdfast remains. Part of the defences of the Lodge Hill Ammunition Depot. In pasture N of Lodge Hill Ammunition Depot. (1)
TQ 7659 7423. The anti tank gun emplacement or pillbox described in authority 1 has been mapped from aerial photographs, and its position identified more precisely, as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The rectangular gun emplacement, which faces west, is located to the north of Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armaments Depot (Monument 1077634). It formed part of the defences of the Hoo Stop Line (Monument 1542577), a system of anti tank ditches, gun emplacements and pillboxes constructed in 1940 across the south western third of the Hoo Peninsula, from the Medway to the Thames. An identical anti tank pillbox, facing east, is located 107 metres to the east (Monument 1426109). (2-3)
The pillbox is located on agricultural land to the north of the Lodge Hill Depot, and can be seen as a roofless structure on aerial photographs taken in June 2011. (4) |