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Thick walled type 24 concrete pillbox. Five embrasures and an entrance in the longest side flanked by two further embrasures. Internally the concrete shelves survive as does the brick anti ricochet wall. Several of the gun mountings survive in various states of preservation.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/02)
Type 22 shell-proof pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | To the north of Great Dunmow between the road and the River Chelmer. |
Area |
Great Dunmow, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TL 625 235
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, 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]. |
Photographs | (2) - interior views. |
DOB site reference: | S0000333 |
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 |