Building record TQ 77 SE 1262 - Type 24 Pillbox, Deangate Wood, Hoo St Werburgh

Standard concrete construction infantry pillbox, brick faced. Covered in ivy and undergrowth
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 reported 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 type 24 hexagonal pillbox lies within scrubby woodland at the south-east corner of the Lodge Hill Royal Naval Armament Depot and was part of its defended perimeter. It also overlooked the course of the line. The pillbox was visible on aerial photographs until at lest 2003, and was examined by the Medway Military Research Group on a field visit in 2006 when it was found to be in good condition but overgrown. The pillbox was not recorded during a Built Heritage Baseline Assessment undertaken in 2009 in advance of possible development of the Lodge Hill Depot site (CgMs Ltd 2009). The area is under tree cover on aerial photographs of 2007 and 2013, so its present condition is unknown. " (2).

MMRG, 11/05/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). SKE14663.

MMRG, 11/05/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). Ske14663.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). SKE14319.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). Ske14319.

<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.