Standard concrete construction pillbox with 7 embrasures.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : In private radio compound
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 06/10/29

Description from record TQ 77 SE 96:
Concrete type 24 pillbox facing E. Narrow wall version with brick skin (1).

This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states: "Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox with brick shuttering with recessed embrasures to the east of Hoo St Werburgh by a farm track off the north side of the Stoke Road. Recorded on 2007 aerial photographs (PGA) but under tree cover by 2013 (Google Earth). Appeared to be complete on a 2014 field visit but is surrounded by dense vegetation. (2)

Designated as a Listed Building in 2020 (3)

MMRG, 10/06/06, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). SKE14509.

MMRG, 10/06/06, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). Ske14509.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). SKE14284.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). Ske14284.

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Site visit by VTC Smith 10/9/95 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> 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.

<3> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.