Monument record TQ 77 SE 1299 - Beacon Hill Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 7584 7145 (59m by 73m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ77SE |
| County | KENT |
| Civil Parish | HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT |
| Unitary Authority | MEDWAY |
Map
Type and Period (5)
Full Description
From the 2008 Defence of Kent (Medway) Survey
Concrete base of support building.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : none
Condition : Very poor
Date of visit : 15/07/07 (1)
From Pastscape:
"A First World War anti aircraft battery on Beacon Hill, Hoo Common, overlooking the Medway near Upnor. The battery was planned in about 1912 and built by April 1914. Along with a contemporary installation to the north at Lodge Hill ..., this was one of the world's first permanent anti aircraft defences. The site comprised two circular concrete gun emplacements. Two supporting buildings, one situated between the gun emplacements and one to the west, provided barracks and ammunition storage. A war shelter or pillbox was located to the east, while a second war shelter was built to the west on top of an earlier beacon mound. The western war shelter appears to have served as a battery observation post, and was possibly used during the Second World War. It has been recorded separately ... The beacon mound is also recorded separately ..
The battery site was linked to the public road network at Four Elms Hill by a purpose built road which has been recorded separately ... The guns were probably still in use in 1917, but had been removed by 1919. Although the concrete gun bases and buildings are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1944, the battery does not appear to have been reused during the Second World War. The structures belonging to the First World War anti aircraft battery are visible on aerial photographs and have been mapped as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project." (2)
Description from record TQ 77 SE 140:
Top of Beacon Hill Lane. Octagonal concrete observation platform with a complete handrail of galvanised water pipe. In fair condition.
01/01/13, Air Ministry record. (Collection). SKE14480.
01/01/13, Air Ministry record. (Collection). Ske14480.
MMRG, 07/07/15, Anti aircraft gun site remains (Photograph). SKE14530.
MMRG, 07/07/15, Anti aircraft gun site remains (Photograph). Ske14530.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11083.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11083.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11083.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11083.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11084.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11084.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11084.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11084.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11085.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11085.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11085.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11085.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11086.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11086.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11086.
1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11086.
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<1> Medway Military Research Group, 2008, Discovering and Recording Kent's 20th Century Military and Civil Defences (Medway District) (Unpublished document). SKE32453.
<2> Historic England, Pastscape: the website of the Historic England National Record of the Historic Environment (Website). SKE31906.
Sources/Archives (24)
- --- SKE14480 Collection: 01/01/13. Air Ministry record..
- --- SKE14480 Collection: 01/01/13. Air Ministry record..
- --- SKE14530 Photograph: MMRG. 07/07/15. Anti aircraft gun site remains.
- --- SKE14530 Photograph: MMRG. 07/07/15. Anti aircraft gun site remains.
- --- SWX11083 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/10. print.
- --- SWX11083 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/10. print.
- --- SWX11083 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/10. print.
- --- SWX11083 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/10. print.
- --- SWX11084 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/11. print.
- --- SWX11084 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/11. print.
- --- SWX11084 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/11. print.
- --- SWX11084 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/11. print.
- --- SWX11085 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/8. print.
- --- SWX11085 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/8. print.
- --- SWX11085 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/8. print.
- --- SWX11085 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/8. print.
- --- SWX11086 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/9. print.
- --- SWX11086 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/9. print.
- --- SWX11086 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/9. print.
- --- SWX11086 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7571/9. print.
- <1> SKE32453 Unpublished document: Medway Military Research Group. 2008. Discovering and Recording Kent's 20th Century Military and Civil Defences (Medway District).
- <1> SKE6445 Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
- <1> SKE6445 Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
- <2> SKE31906 Website: Historic England. Pastscape: the website of the Historic England National Record of the Historic Environment.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Aug 13 2021 10:42AM