The former site of an early-20th century searchlight emplacement associated with the contemporary remains of Hope Battery. This was mapped from 1941 RAF aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.The small structure is labelled as ‘Electric Light Emplacement No. 1’ on a plan of Hope Battery complex drawn up in 1904, shown with a purpose-built footpath or track connecting it directly to the battery complex to its south-west. The searchlight was the northern example of a pair positioned on the sea wall either side of Hope Battery to support an examination line for shipping overlooking the Thames Estuary near Lower Hope Point;