Building record TQ 77 SW 54 - World War II pillbox, south of Eastcroft Farm, Cliffe

Concrete type 24 pillbox in field eastside of Town Rd. Cliffe, facing N. Narrow wall version with brick skin. (1)

This feature is recorded on the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula. The report states: "Second World War reinforced concrete Type 24 pillbox with brick shuttering, near Eastcroft Farm, on the east side of Town Road, Cliffe. It is a narrow wall version with brick skin, and faces north and is located to the west of the anti-tank ditch. Condition: Recorded on 1944 and 2013 (Google Earth) aerial photographs. Appeared in good condition during a field visit in 2014". (2)

Concrete pillbox with brick shuttering.

Concrete type 24 pillbox facing N. Narrow wall version with brick skin. Near Eastcroft Farm, at edge of field on the E side of Town Road, Cliffe. (1)

The Second World War pillbox described in authority 1 is part of the supporting defences of a Stop Line (Monument 1542577) constructed in 1940 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. It lies between the road and a section of the Stop Line's anti tank ditch (Monument 1542694) and, along with the rest of the Stop Line defenses, has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (2-3)

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Site visit by VTC Smith 1995 (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.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.