TQ 77 SE 1258 - Type 24 pillbox, south of Ratcliffe Highway, Hoo St Werburgh

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Building record TQ 77 SE 1258 - Type 24 pillbox, south of Ratcliffe Highway, Hoo St Werburgh

Summary

Good condition type 24 pillbox. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940. Facing east. 1946 aerial photographs also show slit trenches a few metres ot the east that may have been intended to defence the pillbox or may have been practice trenches.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 7749 7308 (point)
Map sheet	TQ77SE
County	KENT
Civil Parish	HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority	MEDWAY

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MMRG, 07/01/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). Ske14656.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). SKE14312.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). Ske14312.

English Heritage, 2004, Defence areas: a national study of Second World War anti-invasion landscapes in England (Unpublished document).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

Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.

<1> MMRG, 07/01/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). SKE14656.

<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> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.

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--- SKE14312 Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War Diary.
--- SKE14312 Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War Diary.
--- SKE14656 Photograph: MMRG. 07/01/06. Type 24 pillbox.
--- SKE17661 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2004. Defence areas: a national study of Second World War anti-invasion landscapes in England.
--- SKE32442 Digital archive: Historic England. 2012. National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula.
<1> SKE14656 Photograph: MMRG. 07/01/06. Type 24 pillbox.
<2> SKE31599 Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014..
<3> SKE31432 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2013. Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Part of: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula, Kent (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1322)

Related Events/Activities (3)

Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project, Kent: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Archaeological Report (Ref: 9-2014) (EKE15035)
Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Ref: Research Report Series no 21-2013) (EKE15020)
Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Ref: Research Report Series No. 21-2013) (EKE15021)

Record last edited

Jan 13 2025 12:02PM