Monument Number 1418685 |
| Hob Uid: 1418685 | |
Location :
Medway
Hoo St. Werburgh
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| Grid Ref : TQ7892472785 |
| Summary : A Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox with brick shuttering, located to the east of Hoo St. Werburgh, alongside a farm track which leads off the the north side of the Stoke Road. The pillbox formed part of a Stop Line (Monument 1542577), constructed in 1940, 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 pillbox and many other features associated with the Stop Line have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project |
More information : Concrete pillbox with brick shuttering. Type 24 pillbox, with recessed embrasures. Pillbox. Concrete type 24 pillbox facing E. Narrow wall version with brick skin. In corner of field by roadside, W side of farm road to Tile Barn Farm, Hoo St. Werburg. (1)
The Second World War pillbox described in authority 1 survives as an extant structure to the east of Hoo St. Werburgh, alongside a farm track which leads off the the north side of the Stoke Road. The pillbox formed part of a Stop Line (Monument 1542577), constructed in 1940, 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 pillbox and many other features associated with the Stop Line have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. Elements of the Stop Line system located in the immediate vicinity of this pillbox include part of the anti tank ditch (Monument 1542610) and a roadblock (Monument 1418717). (2-3) |