Standard concrete construction pillbox with 7 embrasures.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 11/05/06

This structure is described in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line on the Hoo Peninsula, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states that this is a "Second World War Type 24 reinforced concrete pillbox with brick shuttering on the north side of Ratcliffe Highway (A228) north of Hoo St Werburgh. The structure is visible on aerial photographs taken in May 1944. An associated earth covered air raid shelter immediately to the north of the pillbox was visible on aerial photographs until 1952, but had been removed by 1961. The pillbox was visited during the Defence of Britain survey and was found in a fair conditiobn. It is visible, although partially under tree cover on aerial photographs of 2007 (Google Earth). (2).

MMRG, 11/05/06, One digital photo (Photograph). SKE14517.

MMRG, 11/05/06, One digital photo (Photograph). Ske14517.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary (Collection). SKE14302.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary (Collection). Ske14302.

English Heritage, 2004, Defence areas: a national study of Second World War anti-invasion landscapes in England (Unpublished document). SKE17661.

<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.