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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327
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Low concrete triangular enclosure with 18ft long walls. Each wall is 12in thick and 22-26in high with 4in crenellations. The rear, west side has an entrance in its centre 6ft wide - the opposite point of the triangle facing east towards the expected line of attack. There is no concrete floor or base - the ground height in the interior is the same as the exterior. Partially blocking the entrance is a large oak tree which hangs over the structure. Immediately behind is a water filled ditch. A prepared rifle position for a platoon of infantry, it was built by the military during the summer of 1940. It was intended that infantry men could crawl along the ditch behind the structure, through the entrance, and up to a prone position behind the walls.
(Source: Field Visit 1994/01)
| Type of site | INFANTRY POST |
|---|---|
| Location | Immediately at the bottom of the embankment on the west side of the A12 Chelmsford by-pass. |
| Area |
Chelmsford, Essex, England |
| Grid reference |
TL 7421 0707
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Fair |
| Recorder | Nash, Fred (Archaeological Advisory Group, Essex County Council Planning) |
| Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Essex) - Chelmsford nodal point - Defences of Chelmsford category 'A' nodal point in No.4 region. Cassini ref. M1525. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
| DOB site reference: | S0000325 |
| Associated Identifier | Essex SMR (ref: 10162) |
| Reference |
1996 Anti-invasion defences of WWII 1998/06 World War Two Defences in Essex, Interim Report |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In 1994/01 |
