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Monument Number 1441600
Hob Uid: 1441600
Location : Medway Hoo St. Werburgh
Grid Ref : TQ7741573707
Summary : Site of a Second World War pillbox at the South-East corner of the Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armament Depot (Monument 1077634). The pillbox has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The site lies within scrubby woodland at the eastern edge of the Armament Depot. The pillbox was visible on aerial photographs until at least 2003, and was examined by a field visit in 2006, when it was found to be in good condition but overgrown.
More information : Site of a Second World War pillbox at the South-East corner of the military depot Deangate. (1) TQ 77415 73706. The Second World War pillbox described in authority 1 has been mapped from aerial photographs, and its position recorded more accurately, as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The site of the Type 24 hexagonal pillbox lies within scrubby woodland at the South-East corner of the Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armament Depot (Monument 1077634) and was part of its defended perimeter. It also overlooked the course of the Hoo Stop Line (Monuments 1542577, 1542630, 1542646). The pillbox was visible on aerial photographs until at least 2003, and was examined by the Medway Military Research Group on a field visit in 2006, when it was found to be in good condition but overgrown. (2-4) The pillbox was not recorded during an assessment of the Built Heritage undertaken in 2009 in advance of possible development of the Lodge Hill Depot site. (5)

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Source details : The two databases developed by the Project can be searched on-line through the Archaeology Data Service at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm
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Source details : NMR US/7GR/LOC348 2065 27-MAY-1944
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Source details : NMR RAF/541/591 4027 29-JUN-1950
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Source details : EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 03-NOV-2006 ACCESSED 08-SEP-2011
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Lowe, J.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Pillbox
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : DoB Anti Invasion Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0016804
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Kent)
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 77 SE 1262
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 77 SE 131
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-04-01
End Date : 2002-03-01

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2010-09-01
End Date : 2012-03-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1441600