Concrete type 24 pillbox facing E narrow wall vewrsion with brick skin (1).

This structure is described in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line which runs from Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study by English Heritage. The report states that this is a "Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox facing east located in an orchard north of the Stoke Road, east of Hoo St Werburgh. The structure was visible on aerial photographs of 2007 but is under tree cover on recent aerial imagery (September 2013 Google Earth)". (2)

Description from record TQ 77 SE 1260:
Standard concrete construction infantry pillbox, brick faced..
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 07/01/21

MMRG, 07/01/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). SKE14658.

MMRG, 07/01/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). Ske14658.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). SKE14314.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). Ske14314.

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Site visit by VTC Smith 10/9/95 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31599.