Monument record TQ 77 SE 137 - An early 20th century military reservoir, near Rough Shaw, Hoo St. Werburgh

North side of track. Military reservoir, consisting of a brick-lined pit, covered by a conical earthen mound. Access shafts from top of mound. Fair condition. (1)

TQ 7562 7390. An early twentieth century military reservoir or water storage site is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and has been mapped as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The reservoir is covered by a circular earthwork mound about 24m in diameter, with an access shaft in the top. It was probably associated with Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot (Monument 1077634) and training area. (2-3)

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

<2> RAF, 1944, NMR US/7GR/LOC348 2065 27-MAY-1944 (Photograph). SKE55973.

<3> RAF, 1947, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1923 4083 16-JAN-1947 (Photograph). SKE56091.

<4> Ordinance Survey, 1909, OS Map of Kent 1:2500 1909 (Map). SKE56013.