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Type 22 pillbox, with a door now in place and the embrasures blocked up other than for air holes. The internal anti-ricochet wall has been removed. At least one wooden shelf beneath the embrasures survives. It faces E. Earth heaped on the roof may be from wartime camouflage.
(Source: SMR 2003/08)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | At N end of garden of a bungalow, 'Chadwell', Lambourne Mead, E of Canewdon village. |
Area |
Canewdon, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 9144 9424
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Nash, Fred (Archaeological Advisory Group, Essex County Council Planning) |
Defence grouping |
RAF Canewdon defences - Defences of the Chain Home Radar Station at Canewdon, Essex. |
DOB site reference: | S0016964 |
Associated Identifier | Essex SMR (ref: 20774) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |