Building record TQ 77 SE 124 - Type 24 pillbox, Rough Shaw, Cooling

Summary

A Second World War Type 24 pillbox, located 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 (Monument 1077634). The pillbox is one element within 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. This structure overlooks part of the anti tank ditch and has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project, along with the rest of the Stop Line defences.

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Grid reference TQ 75543 74037 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ77SE
County KENT
Civil Parish COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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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.

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

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  • <1> Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014..
  • <3> Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2002. Defence of Britain Project.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Defence of Britain (EKE8520)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project, Kent: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, 2014 (Ref: 9-2014) (EKE15035)

Record last edited

Jun 26 2026 4:25PM