Monument record TQ 77 SE 1338 - Two possible Second World War circular type 25 pillboxes, at the eastern gate of Lodge Hill Ordance Depot, Hoo Peninsula.

This feature was recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line on the Hoo Peninsula, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states: "Two possible Second World War circular type 25 pillboxes, situated near the eastern gate of Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot. They were aligned along the road, 10m apart and had diameters of 3.6m amd 4.3m. The structures described in this record were only visible on photographs taken in 1944. Current survival or condition unknown. (1)

Two possible circular Type 25 pillboxes of Second World War date, situated near the eastern gate of Lodge Hill Ordnance Depot (Monument 1077634) have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The pillboxes are located immediately to the east of part of the Hoo Stop Line (Monument 1542577, 1542630, 1542646) where it crosses Dux Court Road. They were aligned along the road, 10m apart (at TQ 77436 73823 and 77435 73833), and had diameters of 3.6m and 4.3m. The structures described in this record were very small and indistinct, and were only visible on photographs taken in 1944.

The two pillboxes probably formed part of the in depth defences associated with both the Stop Line and the Ordnance Depot. Several other pillboxes (Monuments 1441600, 1545475, 1544248) have been recorded in the immediate vicinity. (2)

<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> 1944, NMR US7GR/LOC348 2065 27-MAY-1944 (Photograph). SKE59220.