Monument Number 1542799 |
| Hob Uid: 1542799 | |
Location :
Medway
Hoo St. Werburgh
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| Grid Ref : TQ7925171686 |
| Summary : A possible Second World War defence obstruction, located on the river wall to the south east of Hoo St Werburgh, is visible on aerial photographs taken in May 1942. The small structure appears to be an anti tank cube or pimple associated with an adjacent row of anti tank cubes (Monument 1418690), a pillbox (Monument 1418689), and an anti tank ditch (Monument 1542610), all of which are components of a Stop Line (Monument 1542577), comprising an anti tank ditch, gun emplacements, roadblocks and other obstructive features, which extended across the south western third of the Hoo Peninsula, from the north bank of the Medway to the south bank of the Thames at Higham Creek. The small obstruction and associated features have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. |
| More information : TQ 7925 7168. A possible Second World War defence obstruction, located on the river wall to the south east of Hoo St Werburgh, is visible on aerial photographs taken in May 1942. The small structure appears to be an anti tank cube or pimple associated with an adjacent row of anti tank cubes (Monument 1418690), a pillbox (Monument 1418689), and an anti tank ditch (Monument 1542610), all of which are components of a Stop Line (Monument 1542577) constructed in 1940, comprising an anti tank ditch, gun emplacements, roadblocks and other obstructive features, which extended across the south western third of the Hoo Peninsula, from the north bank of the Medway to the south bank of the Thames at Higham Creek. The small obstruction and associated features have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (1-2) |