| Summary : A rectangular concrete structure, probably a Second World War anti tank gun emplacement or pillbox, is visible on aerial photographs and has been mapped as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The structure lies near the foot of a north facing slope at the northern edge of Berry Court Wood. The wood was incorporated as an obstruction within the Hoo Stop Line, constructed 1940 across the south western third of the Hoo Peninsula, from the Medway to the Thames (Monument 1542577), and the anti tank pillbox was another element of the defences associated with the Stop Line. Adjacent defensive features include a second anti tank pillbox immediately to the east (Monument 1544121), a section of the anti tank ditch (Monument 1542687), and at least three hexagonal pillboxes (Monuments 1418703, 1418676, 1544???). |
| More information : TQ 7503 7394. A rectangular concrete structure, probably a Second World War anti tank gun emplacement or pillbox, is visible on aerial photographs and has been mapped as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The structure, 8.25m long by 6.5m wide, lies near the foot of a north facing slope at the northern edge of Berry Court Wood. The wood was incorporated as an obstruction within the Hoo Stop Line, constructed 1940 across the south western third of the Hoo Peninsula, from the Medway to the Thames (Monument 1542577), and the anti tank pillbox was another element of the defences associated with the Stop Line. Adjacent defensive features include a second anti tank pillbox immediately to the east (Monument 1544121), a section of the anti tank ditch (Monument 1542687), and at least three hexagonal pillboxes (Monuments 1418703, 1418676, 15425??). The pillbox was visible on aerial photographs taken in 1944, and still appeared on Google Earth photographs in 2009. (1-3) |