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Monument record TQ 77 SE 1322 - Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula, Kent
Summary
Hoo Peninsula, Second World War Stop Line from Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes as recorded in the English Heritage Archaeological Report 9-2014. The stop line was a series of connected anti-invasion defences constructed from 1940.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 7519 7381 (8596m by 4465m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ77SE |
| County | KENT |
| District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
| Civil Parish | HIGHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
| Civil Parish | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
| Civil Parish | COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT |
| Civil Parish | HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT |
| Civil Parish | HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT |
| Unitary Authority | MEDWAY |
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Full Description
<1> 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.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE31599 Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014..
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Related Monuments/Buildings (101)
- Parent of: A probable Type 28A Second World War pillbox or anti-tank gun emplacement to the west of the Second World War Stop Line in Cliffe Woods. Since removed (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1079)
- Parent of: A rectangular structure, probably a Second World War anti tank gun emplacement or pillbox, is visible on aerial photographs (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1267)
- Parent of: Anti tank Blockhouse, near Hoo Flats, Hoo St. Werburgh (Listed Building) (TQ 77 SE 151)
- Parent of: Anti tank obstacle blocks located by Hoo Flats, Hoo St. Werburgh (Listed Building) (TQ 77 SE 152)
- Parent of: Anti-tank pillbox, Berry Court Wood, Cliffe (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1268)
- Parent of: Anti-tank pillbox, Deangate, Hoo St Werburgh (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1287)
- Parent of: Earth banking adjacent to the Second World War Stop Line on the Hoo Peninsula, between Lodge Hill and Wybornes Wood. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1330)
- Parent of: Earthbanking associated with a section of the Second World War Stop Line, Hoo Peninsula, running from the railway near Newlands Farm, north to quarry. (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1074)
- Parent of: Earthwork banking adjacent to part of the Second World War Stop Line from south-east of Ratcliffe Highway to Deansgate Sports Ground, Hoo Peninsula. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1327)
- Parent of: Earthwork banking. Part of the Hoo Second World War Stop Line, located north of Lodge Hill Depot, between the Lodge Hill Woods and Wybornes Wood. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1334)
- Parent of: Earthwork banks associated with part of the Hoo Peninsula Second World War Stop Line, between Lodge Hill Wood and Berry Court Wood. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1337)
- Parent of: Earthwork banks associated with the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula, section from north of Deangate Ridge north to the railway line. (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1073)
- Parent of: Extent of flanking cleared area around section of Hoo Peninsula Second World War Stop Line, between Lodge Hill Wood and Berry Court Wood. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1336)
- Parent of: First World War redoubt, adjacent to Hoo Peninsula Stop Line, may have been reused in Second World War, located between Lodge Hill Wood, Wyborne Wood. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1348)
- Parent of: Flanking areas around a section of the Second World War Stop Line, north and west of Buckland Farm, Hoo Peninsula. (Monument) (TQ 77 NW 1229)
- Parent of: Flanking cleared area around section of Second World War Stop Line, from north from Deangate Ridge to the railway, Hoo Peninsula. (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1072)
- Parent of: Flanking cleared area around the Stop Line of the section of the Hoo Peninsula Second World War Stop Line, running from the River Medway to Stoke Road (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1324)
- Parent of: Flanking cleared area of part of the Stop Line from south-east of the Ratcliffe Highway to the Deansgate Sports Ground, Hoo Peninsula. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1326)
- Parent of: Flanking cleared area of the Hoo Peninsula Stop Line: section from Lodge Hill to Wybornes Wood. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1339)
- Parent of: Flanking cleared areas for the section of the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula, from the railway near Newlands Farm north to the quarry (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1075)
- Parent of: Four concrete blocks - part of anti-tank defences for the Second World War Stop Line, Hoo Peninsula. Since removed. (Monument) (TQ 77 NW 1230)
- Parent of: Higham Creek Second World War anti-invasion obstruction, Higham Creek (Building) (TQ 77 NW 1209)
- Parent of: Infantry pillbox, north of West Court Farm, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods (Building) (TQ 77 NW 1215)
- Parent of: Infantry pillbox, north of Yew Tree Lodge, Hoo St Werburgh (Listed Building) (TQ 77 SE 1273)
- Parent of: Infantry type 24 pillbox, north east of West Court Farm, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods (Building) (TQ 77 NW 1214)
- Parent of: Infantry type 24 pillbox, northern edge of Berry Court Wood, Hoo Peninsula (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1232)
- Parent of: Line of the anti-tank ditch, part of Hoo Peninsula Second World War Stop Line, north of Lodge Hill Depot, between Lodge Hill Wood and Wybornes Wood. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1333)
- Parent of: Line of the Hoo Peninsula Second World War Stop Line from the River Medway to north-east of Hoo St Werburgh (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1323)
- Parent of: Part of Hoo Peninsula Stop Line from Lodge Hill to Wybornes Wood, Hoo Peninsula (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1329)
- Parent of: Part of the Hoo Peninsula Second World War Stop Line, running from Lodge Hill Wood to Berry Court Wood, Hoo Peninsula. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1335)
- Parent of: Part of the Hoo Peninsula Stop Line running from South-east of Ratcliffe Highway to Deansgate Ridge Sports Ground (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1325)
- Parent of: Plinth of Type 24 Pillbox, north of Wybornes Wood, High Halstow (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1281)
- Parent of: Possible First World War redoubt, later reused for Second World War defences as part of the Hoo Peninsula Stop Line, north of Lodge Hill Depot. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1347)
- Parent of: Possible hexagonal Second World War pillbox located on a north west facing slope near north-west corner of Lodge Hill Armaments Depot, Hoo Peninsula. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1345)
- Parent of: Possible Second World War circular Type 25 pillbox near Lodge Hill Lane and the north west corner of Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot, Hoo Peninsula. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1344)
- Parent of: Probable Second World War anti-tank gun emplacement or pillbox at the edge of Ratly Hills Wood, near Cliffe Woods (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1076)
- Parent of: Probable Second World War anti-tank gun emplacement or pillbox located near the end of a section of the Second World War Stop Line. Since removed. (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1077)
- Parent of: Probable Second World War pillbox located in the garden of the Old Rectory, Rectory Road, north of Cliffe Woods. (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1121)
- Parent of: Remains of a World War II Pillbox, Lodge Hill, Hoo St. Werburgh (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 117)
- Parent of: Road block, N of Yew Tree Lodge, Hoo St Werburgh (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1274)
- Parent of: Second World War anti vehicle obstacles, near Deangate Wood, High Halstow (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 135)
- Parent of: Second World War anti-tank blocks positioned near West Court Farm, Cliffe (Monument) (TQ 77 NW 1266)
- Parent of: Second World War artillery pillbox located to the east of the anti-tank ditch, near Rectory Road, Cliffe Parish. (Building) (TQ 77 NW 1227)
- Parent of: Second World War circular Type 24 pillbox, near Lodge Hill Lane, to the north of the Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot, Hoo Peninsula. (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1342)
- Parent of: Second World War defensive pillbox, Buckland Road, Higham (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1051)
- Parent of: Second World War features relating to the Second World War Stop Line, defences of Lodge Hill Depot, at the First World War Anti-Aircraft battery site. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1354)
- Parent of: Second World War military support buildings, part of the Stop Line defences in the Hoo Peninsula, located north of Ratcliffe Highway, Hoo St Werburgh. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1328)
- Parent of: Second World War pillbox adjacent to the end of a section of the Second World War Stop Line, near Cliffe Woods. Likely removed. (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1078)
- Parent of: Second World War pillbox on the western edge of Cliffe Woods, Hoo Peninsula. Since removed. (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1081)
- Parent of: Second World War pillbox, Buckland Road, Higham (Building) (TQ 77 SW 1054)
- Parent of: Second World War pillbox, Gore Green Road, Higham (Building) (TQ 77 SW 50)
- Parent of: Second World War Pillbox, Higham Marshes (Monument) (TQ 77 NW 126)
- Parent of: Second World War Type 24 pillbox on the northern edge of Cliffe Woods, Hoo Peninsula. Since removed. (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1080)
- Parent of: Second World War Type 24 pillbox, on the western edge of Lodge Hill Wood, on Rough Shaw, Hoo Peninsula. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1341)
- Parent of: Second World War Type 25 pillbox on Deangate Ridge overlooking Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot, Hoo Peninsula. Since removed. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1343)
- Parent of: Section of the Second World War Stop Line from Deangate Ridge to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula. (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1071)
- Parent of: Section of the Second World War Stop Line to the north and west of Buckland Farm, Higham Marshes (Monument) (TQ 77 NW 1228)
- Parent of: Site of a possible pillbox, South of Rectory Road, Cliffe. (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 1083)
- Parent of: Small hexagonal concrete structure, possible Second World War pillbox, north east of the centre of Hoo St Werburgh. Destroyed by 1946. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1332)
- Parent of: Suspected surface air raid shelter, West Court Farm, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods (Building) (TQ 77 NW 1202)
- Parent of: Two possible Second World War circular type 25 pillboxes, at the eastern gate of Lodge Hill Ordance Depot, Hoo Peninsula. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1338)
- Parent of: Two Second World War weapons pits, east of Hoo St Werburgh, just south of Abbots Court House. Part of the Hoo Peninsula Stop Line. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1331)
- Parent of: Type 24 Pillbox, Deangate Wood, Hoo St Werburgh (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1262)
- Parent of: Type 24 pillbox, destroyed, southy eastern corner of Lodge Hill Wood, Cooling (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1248)
- Parent of: Type 24 Pillbox, east edge of Lodge Hill Wood, Cooling (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1283)
- Parent of: Type 24 Pillbox, east of Lodge Hill Wood, Cooling (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1282)
- Parent of: Type 24 pillbox, east of Wybornes Wood, High Halstow (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1257)
- Parent of: Type 24 pillbox, Guelder Rose Drive, Hoo St Werburgh (Listed Building) (TQ 77 SE 1256)
- Parent of: Type 24 pillbox, north of A228, Hoo St Werburgh (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1251)
- Parent of: Type 24 pillbox, north of Ratcliffe highway, Hoo St Werburgh (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1259)
- Parent of: Type 24 pillbox, north-west corner of Wybornes Wood, High Halstow (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1255)
- Parent of: Type 24 Pillbox, northern edge of Lodge Hill Wood, Cooling (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1284)
- Parent of: Type 24 Pillbox, northern edge of Lodge Hill Wood, Cooling (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1285)
- Parent of: Type 24 pillbox, on Hoo Junction and Port Victoria Railway line, west of Station Road, Cliffe (Building) (TQ 77 SW 1056)
- Parent of: Type 24 pillbox, Rough Shaw, Cooling (Building) (TQ 77 SE 124)
- Parent of: Type 24 pillbox, south of Ratcliffe Highway, Hoo St Werburgh (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1258)
- Parent of: Type 24 Pillbox, south of Wybornes Wood, High Halstow (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1278)
- Parent of: Type 24 pillbox, south of Yew Tree Lodge, Hoo St Werburgh (Listed Building) (TQ 77 SE 1263)
- Parent of: Type 24 Pillbox, south-east of Wybornes Wood, High Halstow (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1244)
- Parent of: Type 24 Pillbox, West of Deangate Ridge Sports Centre, High Halstow (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1280)
- Parent of: Type 28 A pillbox, Guelder Rose Drive, Hoo St Werburgh (Listed Building) (TQ 77 SE 1250)
- Parent of: Type 28A anti-tank pillbox, Abbots Lodge House, Hoo St Werburgh (Listed Building) (TQ 77 SE 1243)
- Parent of: Type 28A Pillbox, Deangate Wood, Hoo St Werburgh (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1279)
- Parent of: Type 28A Pillbox, east of First World War redoubt, Cooling (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1247)
- Parent of: Type 28A Pillbox, south of First World War redoubt, Cooling (Building) (TQ 77 SE 1246)
- Parent of: Various defence works related to the Hoo Peninsula Second World War Stop Line between Lodge Hill Wood and Wybornes Wood. (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 1340)
- Parent of: World War II anti tank Blockhouse, near Bell's Lane, Hoo St. Werburgh (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 148)
- Parent of: World War II Anti tank blockhouse, near Eastcroft Farm, Cliffe, comprising pillboxes, transport buildings and military supply buildings. (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 67)
- Parent of: World War II anti tank blockhouse, The Old Rectory, Cliffe (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 66)
- Parent of: World War II Pillbox at Ratcliffe highway/Deangate Road Junction, Hoo St. Werburgh (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 99)
- Parent of: World War II Pillbox by Hoo Flats, Hoo St. Werburgh (Listed Building) (TQ 77 SE 150)
- Parent of: World War II Pillbox in orchard north of Stoke Road, near White House Farm, Hoo St. Werburgh (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 97)
- Parent of: World War II Pillbox south of Ratcliffe Highway, Hoo St. Werburgh (Monument) (TQ 77 SE 100)
- Parent of: World War II Pillbox west of Abbots Court, Hoo St. Werburgh (Listed Building) (TQ 77 SE 104)
- Parent of: World War II Pillbox, Cardens Wood, Cliffe (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 68)
- Parent of: World War II Pillbox, Lillechurch Road, Cliffe (Building) (TQ 77 SW 60)
- Parent of: World War II pillbox, south of Eastcroft Farm, Cliffe (Building) (TQ 77 SW 54)
- Parent of: World War II Pillbox, Town Road, Cliffe (Building) (TQ 77 SW 59)
- Parent of: World War II Pillbox, View Road, Cliffe. Since removed. (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 55)
- Parent of: World War II Pillbox, west of Town Road, Cliffe (Building) (TQ 77 SW 58)
- Parent of: World War II Pillbox, west of Town Road, Cliffe (Monument) (TQ 77 SW 56)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project, Kent: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Archaeological Report (Ref: 9-2014) (EKE15035)
Record last edited
Aug 21 2024 12:14PM