TQ 67 SE 1199 - Shornemead Fort Second World War pillbox

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Building record TQ 67 SE 1199 - Shornemead Fort Second World War pillbox

Summary

Standard concrete Type 24 Second World War pillbox with a rear porch, facing the river Thames and let into the flood defence bank about 280 m. east of Shornemead Fort. It was probably part of the defences of the formerly existing emergency coast defence battery a short distance to the rear. Partly buried, the front three faces of the pillbox are visible and the whole of the top surface of its roof. It probably originated in 1941 and would have been decommissioned by 1945. Summary from record TQ 67 SE 229: Pillbox (1940), near Higham Creek

Location

Grid reference	TQ 6959 7484 (point)
Map sheet	TQ67SE
County	KENT
District	GRAVESHAM, KENT
Civil Parish	SHORNE, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Smith, V.T.C., 28/01/07, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE14027.

Smith, V.T.C., 28/01/07, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske14027.

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

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9420.

<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9866.

<4> 1942, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10003.

<5> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10014.

<6> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10113.

<7> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10271.

<8> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10279.

<9> 1978, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10929.

<10> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

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--- SKE14027 Verbal communication: Smith, V.T.C.. 28/01/07. Verbal Communication.
--- SKE14027 Verbal communication: Smith, V.T.C.. 28/01/07. Verbal Communication.
<1> SKE6445 Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
<2> SWX9420 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3106. print.
<3> SWX9866 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4068. print.
<4> SWX10003 Photograph (Print): 1942. Photograph. 36. print.
<5> SWX10014 Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3016. print.
<6> SWX10113 Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 2025. print.
<7> SWX10271 Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 161. print.
<8> SWX10279 Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 178. print.
<9> SWX10929 Photograph (Print): 1978. Photograph. TQ6974/2. print.
<10> SWX12323 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.

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Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Standard concrete Type 24 Second World War pillbox

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Non-Intrusive Event: Survey, North Kent Coastal Zone: Phase ll, Year Two (Ref: 56751) (EWX8626)

Record last edited

Jan 6 2012 3:54PM