Monument record TQ 77 SE 1356 - Second World War gun emplacement or light anti-aircraft battery on Rough Shaw, in the Lodge Hill First World War anti-aircraft battery.

Summary

This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula. This feature comprises a Second World War gun emplacement or light-anti aircraft battery on the north facing slope of Rough Shaw in the Lodge Hill First World War anti-aircraft battery defended locality. Gun emplacement structures removed by 1952. Earthworks survived until 2013.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 7587 7402 (37m by 23m)
Map sheet TQ77SE
County KENT
Civil Parish COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Full Description

This feature is part of the range of features noted in the English Heritage report relating to the Lodge Hill Anti-aircraft battery (Scheduled). The First World War site as a whole is recorded in monument record TQ 77 SE 139. The Second World War site as a whole is recorded in monument record TQ 77 SE 1354.

This feature is noted in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report for this feature notes: Feature at TQ 7588 7402 – "A Second World War gun emplacement or light anti-aircraft battery on the north facing slope of Rough Shaw inside the northern perimeter of a defended locality (NRHE 1546483) centred on Lodge Hill First World War anti-aircraft battery (see NRHE 154694). The site comprised a concrete platform enclosed by a rectangular earthwork bank about 15m by 14.8m with a small concrete structure on its south western side. The structures associated with this gun emplacement were removed by 1952. A survey of the structures and earthworks was carried out by English Heritage staff in March 2006 (English Heritage forthcoming). The earthworks survived at least until 2013, although encroached upon by scrubby vegetation. Covered by the Scheduled area for Lodge Hill anti-aircraft battery." (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> 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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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 11 2016 10:23AM