Building record TQ 77 SE 1255 - Type 24 pillbox, north-west corner of Wybornes Wood, High Halstow
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7676 7453 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ77SE |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT |
Unitary Authority | MEDWAY |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Standard concrete construction infantry pillbox, Door and embrasures blocked.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 05/11/06
Description from record TQ 77 SE 110:
Concrete type 24 pillbox on crestline facing N. Narrow wall version with brick skin. Part of the defences off Lodge Hill magazine. (1)
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: "Second World War reinforced concrete Type 24 pillbox on crest line facing north. Not identified on photographs. The Defence of Britain Project notes it is in a hedgerow at the north-west corner of Wybornes Wood." (2)
MMRG, 05/11/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). SKE14666.
MMRG, 05/11/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). Ske14666.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). SKE14322.
11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). Ske14322.
<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, site visit by VTC Smith 29/9/95 (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.
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SKE14322 Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War Diary.
- --- SKE14322 Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War Diary.
- --- SKE14666 Photograph: MMRG. 05/11/06. Type 24 pillbox.
- --- SKE14666 Photograph: MMRG. 05/11/06. Type 24 pillbox.
- <1> SKE6440 Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. site visit by VTC Smith 29/9/95.
- <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..
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Protected Status/Designation
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- 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)
Record last edited
Oct 10 2016 11:09AM