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Type 24 thick walled pillbox, with brick shuttering and seven embrasures.. Anti ricochet wall is in place. The forward facing embrasures are covered with small hinged wooden flap.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/04)
Type 24 shell-proof pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | In field behind Old Rettendon Hall. |
Area |
Rettendon, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 768 965
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Cement, Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Chalk, Russell |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Essex) - |
Photographs | (1) - exterior view |
Adjacent sites | One of two pillboxes at this grid reference |
DOB site reference: | S0000285 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In 1997/04 |