Monument record TQ 77 SE 1334 - 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.
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TQ 7656 7436 (223m by 247m) (49 map features) |
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Map sheet | TQ77SE |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT |
Civil Parish | HIGH HALSTOW, MEDWAY, KENT |
Unitary Authority | MEDWAY |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
These features are mentioned in the English Heritage report on the Hoo Peninsula Second World War Stop Line, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The Stop Line covering this section is within another monument record - see TQ 77 SE 1333. The report states: "Here the stop line followed a sharply angled course on the north facing slope of Deangate Ridge, between Wybornes Wood and Lodge Hill Wood (TQ 7675 7455 to TQ 7646 7443)for a total distance of 396m. There were small gun emplacements and weapons pits near the edge of the cleared strip around the anti-tank ditch. Wybornes Wood and Lodge Hill Wood were used as part of the defensive line and pillboxes were placed along the northern edge of both woods looking north over the marshes. Condition: the earliest aerial photographs taken in 1944 show the ditch is backfilled with mounds of earth visible alongside. It is visible as a vegetation mark on aerial photographs of 2003. A 2015 field visit confirms the ditch survives as a very low earthwork adjacent to Lodge Hill Wood and where it turns at a sharp right angle. (1)
<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..
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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
Oct 10 2016 10:45AM