Monument record TQ 77 SW 1071 - Section of the Second World War Stop Line from Deangate Ridge to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula.

Summary

Part of a Second World War anti tank ditch, constructed in 1940 across the Hoo peninsula from the north bank of the Medway near Hoo St Werburgh to the south bank of the Thames at Higham Creek (Monument 1542577). The ditch across Hoo was part of the system of GHQ Stop Lines designed to halt or delay the advance of a German invasion force landing in southern and south eastern England. The section described in this record ran north from the lower slopes of Deangate Ridge towards Higham Marshes near Cliffe for a distance of 1466.3 metres. The southern part of this section of the anti tank ditch is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in June 1942. The rest was photographed in 1944, when the ditch was out of use and being backfilled, with mounds of earth lying alongside the former ditch. The other parts of the Stop Line ditch, as well as the many pillboxes, gun emplacements and roadblocks that accompanied it, have been recorded separately. The whole anti tank ditch system on Hoo has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 7360 7454 (905m by 1682m) (4 map features)
Map sheet TQ77SW
County KENT
Civil Parish CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

Map

Type and Period (1)

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.

<2> RAF, 1942, NMR RAF/HLA/617 6099 20-JUN-1942 (Photograph). SKE55980.

<3> USAAF?, 1944, NMR US/7GR/LOC348 3063 27-MAY-1944 (Photograph). SKE55981.

<4> Foot W., 2006, Beaches, fields, streets and hills: the anti-invasion landscape of England, 1940 (Bibliographic reference). SKE55976.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014..
  • <2> Photograph: RAF. 1942. NMR RAF/HLA/617 6099 20-JUN-1942. NMR RAF/HLA/617 6099 20-JUN-1942.
  • <3> Photograph: USAAF?. 1944. NMR US/7GR/LOC348 3063 27-MAY-1944. NMR US/7GR/LOC348 3063 27-MAY-1944.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Foot W.. 2006. Beaches, fields, streets and hills: the anti-invasion landscape of England, 1940.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

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

Apr 30 2024 3:40PM