Monument record TQ 77 SE 133 - Pillbox, Lower Upnor, Frindsbury Extra

Type 24. to provide flanking fire along the beaches and to protect road from beach. Excellent condition. A good candidate for statutory protection as a conveniently visible example of a pillbox from the GHQ line. Foreshore, Lower Upnor, opposite Arethusa Centre. (1). Site photographs (2-8). Seen in 2004, the pillbox is set in the modern concrete promenade by the road. Structurally intact. (9)

Description from record TQ 77 SE 1306:
Infantry pillbox, all concrete construction with brick shuttering. Door and embrassures sealed.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : Public ground on the Saxon Shoreway.
Tourism Potential : Yes, as part of Hoo Stop Line heritage trail.
Condition : very good
Date of visit : 07/07/15

Concrete pillbox with brick shuttering.Type 24 pillbox, shell-proof.Pillbox.

Type 24 pillbox. to provide flanking fire along the beaches and to protect road from beach. In excellent condition. A good candidate for statutory protection as a conveniently visible example of a pillbox from the GHQ line. On the foreshore, Lower Upnor, opposite 'Arethusa'. By side of the road opposite 'Arethusa' offices, Lower Upnor. (1)

This pillbox acan be seen on aerial photographs taken in 1942 and was mapped from them as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.(9)

MMRG, 07/07/07, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). SKE14531.

MMRG, 07/07/07, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). Ske14531.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). SKE14479.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). Ske14479.

<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9510.

<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9756.

<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9758.

<5> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9841.

<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9870.

<7> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10024.

<8> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10373.

<9> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.

<9> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.