Monument record TQ 77 SE 1343 - Second World War Type 25 pillbox on Deangate Ridge overlooking Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot, Hoo Peninsula. Since removed.

This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states: "Second World War circular Type 25 pillbox. The pillbox is located on Deangate Ridge to the south of Rough Shaw, facing south overlooking Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot. It was protected by a roughly circular barbed wire enclosure about 40m in diameter. The pillbox appeared as a standing structure on photographs taken in 1944 and 1970 but had been removed by 1973 although it is possible that sub-surface remains survive." (1)

TQ 75553 73802. A Second World War circular Type 25 pillbox, about 3 metres in diameter, situated near Lodge Hill Lane and the north west corner of Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot (Monument 1077634) has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The pillbox is located on Deangate Ridge to the south of Rough Shaw, facing south overlooking Lodge Hill Depot. It was protected by a roughly circular barbed wire enclosure about 40m in diameter which was most clearly visible on the down hill, south western, side. This structure formed part of the in depth defences associated with the Hoo Stop Line (Monument 1542577, 1542687, ???). It is located just over 95m to the south of a very similar pillbox (Monument 1418707) and is associated with other pillboxes (Monuments 1418704, 1426721, 1544162, 1418706). The pillbox described in this record appeared as a standing structure on photographs taken in 1944-1970, but had been removed by 1973. (2-5)

<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.

<2> USAAF?, 1944, NMR US/7GR/LOC348 3062 27-MAY-1944 (Photograph). SKE55978.

<3> RAF, 1947, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1923 4083 16-JAN-1947 (Photograph). SKE56091.

<4> 1970, NMR MAL/70086 172 13-NOV-1970 (Photograph). SKE59180.

<5> 1973, NMR MAL/73048 021 05-SEP-1973 (Photograph). SKE59181.