Listed Building record TQ 77 SE 151 - Anti tank Blockhouse, near Hoo Flats, Hoo St. Werburgh

Summary

A World War II anti tank blockhouse; a rectangular structure for mounting three or six pounder guns. Also a World War I Naval gun. There is an internal dividing wall; the smaller section of blockhouse was for a heavy machine gun. Summary from record TQ 77 SE 1276: Part of complete complex, forming a section of 'The Hoo Stop Line' in context with anti-tank ditch, blocks and infantry pillbox (Type 24). Summary from record TQ 77 SE 1139: Large Pillbox for an anti-tank gun, identified during a 2004 survey. Brick built with a north facing gub aperture. There are also smaller openings for smaller guns to defend the main entrance.

Location

Grid reference TQ 7924 7169 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ77SE
County KENT
Civil Parish HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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MMRG, 10/06/07, Type 28 A Pill Box (Photograph). SKE14498.

unkown, 18/01/41, War Diary 11th Glosters (Collection). SKE14260.

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

<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

<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)). SWX9869.

<6> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10334.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9512.

<8> 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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  • --- Collection: unkown. 18/01/41. War Diary 11th Glosters.
  • --- Photograph: MMRG. 10/06/07. Type 28 A Pill Box.
  • <1> Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
  • <1> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.
  • <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. 4096. print.
  • <6> Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 67. print.
  • <7> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3123. print.
  • <8> 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 12:25PM