Building record TQ 77 SE 1287 - Anti-tank pillbox, Deangate, Hoo St Werburgh

Standard concrete construction anti-tank pillbox with 4 embrasures
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : Within garden of private property.
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 11/05/06

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 that this is a "Second World War rectangular reinforced concrete artillery pillbox, type 28, is located in the garden on Deangate, on the east side of Deangate Road, north of Hoo St Werburgh. The pillbox survives although part of the house garden has been laid on top of it. The pillbox was located during a field visit in 2014 and appeared (from the road) to be in good condition." (2).

Description from record TQ 77 SE 107:
Concrete anti-tank pillbox type 28 facing north. Probably a duplicate of TQ 77 SE 1287 but this needs checking.

Anti-tank pillbox, with part of house garden laid out on top.Concrete anti-tank pillbox type 28 facing N. In garden of Deangate, E side of Deangate Road, Hoo St Werburgh. (1)

The Second World War rectangular anti tank pillbox described in authority 1 has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The pillbox is part of the supporting defences of a Stop Line (Monument 1542577) constructed in 1940 across the south western third of the Hoo Peninsula, from the north bank of the Medway to the south bank of the Thames at Higham Creek. Other elements of the Stop Line defence system in the immediate vicinity of this pillbox include part of the anti tank ditch (Monument 1542630) and another pillbox to the south east (Monument 1418681). This pillbox was also in a position to defend the south eastern appproach to the Royal Naval Armement Depot at Lodge Hill (Monument 1077634). (2-4)

MMRG, 11/05/06, Type 28 A Pill box (Photograph). SKE14511.

MMRG, 11/05/06, Type 28 A Pill box (Photograph). Ske14511.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary (Collection). SKE14286.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary (Collection). Ske14286.

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, site visit by VTC Smith 16/10/95 (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.

<2-4> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.