Monument Number 1426760 |
| Hob Uid: 1426760 | |
Location :
Kent
Gravesham
Shorne
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| Grid Ref : TQ6959474852 |
| Summary : Second World War concrete pillbox, now mainly buried. On river wall 260m East of Shornemead Fort.Standard concrete Type 24 Second World War pillbox with a rear porch, facing the river Thames and let into the flood defence bank about 280 m. east of Shornemead Fort. It was probably part of the defences of the formerly existing emergency coast defence battery a short distance to the rear. Partly buried, the front three faces of the pillbox are visible and the whole of the top surface of its roof. It probably originated in 1941 and would have been decommissioned by 1945. |
More information : Concrete pillbox, now mainly buried. Roof missing. Facing N across Thames. On river wall 260m East of Shornemead Fort. (1)
Standard concrete Type 24 Second World war pillbox with a rear porch, facing the river Thames and let into the flood defence bank about 280 m east of Shornemead Fort. It was probably part of the defences of the formerly existing emergency coast defence battery a short distance to the rear. Partly buried, the front three faces of the pillbox are visible and the whole of the top surface of the roof. It probably originated in 1941 and would have been decommissioned by 1945. (2)
The World War II pillbox described by the previous authorities was seen at TQ 6959 7485 mounted on the seawall facing the river to the north. It was mapped from 1953 RAF aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (3)
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