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Rectangular infantry, 10ft x 12ft, pillbox. Three walls have embrasures the fourth the entrance covered by a blast wall. The blast wall has an embrasure. Angle brackets for the embrasures survive.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/02)
Pillbox variant. Described as an Eastern Command Type in 'Ironside's Line'.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
---|---|
Location | To the north of Great Dunmow between the road and the River Chelmer |
Area |
Great Dunmow, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TL 628 233
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Flooding (Immediate) Detail: Pillbox is flooded internally |
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: | S0000331 |
Reference |
1996 Anti-invasion defences of WWII 1998/06 World War Two Defences in Essex, Interim Report 1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In 1997/02 |