Listed Building record TQ 77 SE 150 - World War II Pillbox by Hoo Flats, Hoo St. Werburgh

Summary

A World War II Pillbox; a type 24 Pillbox, built to cover the beach at Hoo Flats in both directions. There is an anti anti tank casemate adjacent. The Pillbox was seen in 2004 during a coastal survey. Summary from record TQ 77 SE 1269: Part of complete complex, forming a section of 'The Hoo Stop Line' in context with anti-tank ditch, blocks and 6pdr pillbox (Type 28A).

Location

Grid reference TQ 7918 7165 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ77SE
County KENT
Civil Parish HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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MMRG, 14/05/06, Pillbox Type 24 (Photograph). SKE14648.

unkown, 18/01/41, War diary 11th glosters (Map). SKE14279.

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

<2> Kent County Council, 1999, Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites, KD164 (Index). SWX11828.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9563.

<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9839.

<5> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9840.

<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9869.

<7> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10334.

<8> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9512.

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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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

<10> 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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  • --- Map: unkown. 18/01/41. War diary 11th glosters.
  • --- Photograph: MMRG. 14/05/06. Pillbox Type 24.
  • <1> Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
  • <2> Index: Kent County Council. 1999. Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites. KD164.
  • <3> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4042. print.
  • <4> Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3076. print.
  • <5> Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3080. print.
  • <6> Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4096. print.
  • <7> Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 67. print.
  • <8> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3123. print.
  • <9> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.
  • <10> Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014..

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  • 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)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey, North Kent Coastal Zone: Phase ll, Year One (Ref: 56750) (EWX8437)

Record last edited

Oct 6 2016 12:08PM