Building record TQ 77 SE 1252 - Air raid shelter

Summary

A cluster of three or four Second World War air raid shelters associated with barracks to the south of Chattenden Magazines and Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot. The small earth covered shelters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, and have been mapped as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 7575 7290 (27m by 12m)
Map sheet TQ77SE
County KENT
Civil Parish HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Full Description

Entrance sealed.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : None.
Condition : unknown
Date of visit : 07/03/18

TQ 7575 7291. A cluster of three or four Second World War air raid shelters associated with barracks (Monument 1547815) to the south of Chattenden Magazines (Monument 1481790) and Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot (Monument 1077634). The small earth covered shelters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, and have been mapped as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (3)


<1> MMRG, 03/07/07, Air raid Shelter (Photograph). Ske14590.

<2> MMRG, 03/07/07, Air raid Shelter (Photograph). SKE14590.

<3> USAAF?, 1944, NMR US/7GR/LOC348 2064-5 27-MAY-1944 (Photograph). SKE56027.

<4> Historic England, Archive material (Archive). SKE58363.

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  • <1> Photograph: MMRG. 03/07/07. Air raid Shelter.
  • <2> Photograph: MMRG. 03/07/07. Air raid Shelter.
  • <3> Photograph: USAAF?. 1944. NMR US/7GR/LOC348 2064-5 27-MAY-1944. NMR US/7GR/LOC348 2064-5 27-MAY-1944.
  • <4> Archive: Historic England. Archive material.

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Record last edited

Nov 11 2025 1:27PM