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Thick walled type 24 prefabricated concrete pillbox. Five embrasures and an entrance in the longest side covered by a further 2 embrasures. Internally concrete shelves survive, as does the anti ricochet wall. 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) |
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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 623 236
(Scale: 1:63360
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Chalk, Russell |
Defence grouping |
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]. 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: | S0000334 |
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 |