Standard concrete construction infantry pillbox, brick faced. Blocked door and embrasures.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 11/10/06

Description from record TQ 77 SE 128:
Concrete. Type 24 facing East. Good condition. (1)

This feature is mentioned 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 the east edge of Lodge Hill Wood. Seen on a May 2015 field visit and appears to have used plank shuttering and has no gaps above the embrasures. (2)

MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). SKE14688.

MMRG, 10/11/06, Type 24 pillbox (Photograph). Ske14688.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). SKE14328.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). Ske14328.

<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.

<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.