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Thick walled type 24 concrete pillbox. Five embrasures and entrance in longest wall to the rear. Entrance flanked by two embrasures. Internally the concrete shelves for the embrasures survive, but the anti ricochet wall only partially remains. There is a large square hole in the ceiling.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/02)
Type 24 shell-proof pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
---|---|
Location | To the north of Great Dunmow between the road and the River Chelmer |
Area |
Great Dunmow, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TL 626 233
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Chalk, Russell |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Essex) - Dunmow nodal point - Defences of Dunmow category 'A' nodal point in No.4 region. Cassini ref. M0740. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
DOB site reference: | S0000329 |
Reference |
1996 Anti-invasion defences of WWII 1998/06 World War Two Defences in Essex, Interim Report 1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Field Visit, In 1997/02 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |