Building record TQ 77 SE 1218 - Pillbox - Type 24

Summary

A Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox with brick shuttering is located behind houses just above bridge on Four Elms Hill. The pillbox has been mapped, and its location more accurately identified, from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.

Location

Grid reference TQ 7549 7166 (point)
Map sheet TQ77SE
County KENT
Civil Parish HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Standard concrete construction anti tank pillbox, with brick shuttering. Entrance blocked, embrassures open.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 07/03/18

Concrete pillbox with brick shuttering.

Pillbox. Behind houses just above bridge on Four Elms Hill. (1)

TQ 75491 71667. The pillbox has been mapped from aerial photographs, and its location more accurately identified, as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. It appeared as a surviving feature on photographs taken in April 2007. (2-3)


MMRG, 03/07/07, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). SKE14595.

MMRG, 03/07/07, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). Ske14595.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). SKE14410.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). Ske14410.

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War diary..
  • --- Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War diary..
  • --- Photograph: MMRG. 03/07/07. Type 24 pill box.
  • --- Photograph: MMRG. 03/07/07. Type 24 pill box.
  • <1> Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2002. Defence of Britain Project.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Defence of Britain (EKE8520)

Record last edited

Mar 25 2026 1:17PM