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.

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.