Building record TQ 77 SE 1300 - Pill Box, type 24

Infantry pillbox, all concrete construction with brick shuttering. Door and embrassures sealed.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : Visable from Saxon Shore Way path.
Tourism Potential : Part of heritage trail?
Condition : good
Date of visit : 15/07/07

Concrete pillbox with brick shuttering. Type 24 brick-shuttered pillbox facing S. In sound condition. By roadside, Hoo Marina. (1)

This pillbox, which is situated circa 30m back form the coast at TQ 7801 7120 can be clearly seen on aerial photographs taken in 1950 but is first seen on air photos taken in May 1942. It was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (2-3)

<1> MMRG, 07/07/15, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). SKE14529.

<2> 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). SKE14481.

<3> 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary. (Collection). Ske14481.

<4> MMRG, 07/07/15, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). Ske14529.

<5> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.