Monument Number 1544409 |
| Hob Uid: 1544409 | |
Location :
Medway
Hoo St. Werburgh
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| Grid Ref : TQ7901572746 |
| Summary : A pair of Second World War weapons pits, visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, have been mapped as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The small features were located to the east of Hoo St Werburgh alongside a narrow lane or footpath, just south of Abbots Court House. They were probably part of the defences associated with 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. A section of anti tank ditch (Monument 1542610) an anti tank pillbox (Monument 1418713) and a hexagonal pillbox (Monument 1418686) have been recorded within 60m of the weapons pits. |
More information : TQ 7901 7274. A pair of Second World War weapons pits, visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, have been mapped as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The small features were located to the east of Hoo St Werburgh alongside a narrow lane or footpath, just south of Abbots Court House. They were probably part of the defences associated with 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. A section of anti tank ditch (Monument 1542610) an anti tank pillbox (Monument 1418713) and a hexagonal pillbox (Monument 1418686) have been recorded within 60m of the weapons pits. Two further hexagonal pillboxes are located to the west (Monuments 1418685 and 1426022).
The weapons pits were visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 and were still faintly visible in 1973, although the location is now covered by vegetation. (1-4) |