Building record TQ 77 SE 124 - Type 24 pillbox, Rough Shaw, Cooling
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 75543 74037 (point) FCE |
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Map sheet | TQ77SE |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT |
Unitary Authority | MEDWAY |
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Full Description
Concrete. Type 24, facing North. Good condition. (1)
This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Hoo Peninsula Second World War Stop Line, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states: Second World War Type 24 pillbox, on Rough Shaw, a north west facing slope between Lodge Hill Wood and Berry Court Wood near the north-west corner of Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armaments Depot. This structure is visible on photographs taken in 1944 and was still visible on aerial photographs taken in 2013 (Google Earth). (2)
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<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.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project, Kent: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Archaeological Report (Ref: 9-2014) (EKE15035)
Record last edited
Oct 11 2016 10:58AM