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Type 24 [type 22] thin walled pillbox. There are five embrasures and the entrance is in the longest wall at the rear flanked by a further two embrasures. Evidence of flat concrete shelves survive internally as does the brick anti ricochet wall. A high concrete step is situated at the threshold of the pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/02)
Type 22 pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | At the junction of the B1039 road with a side lane, in the hedgerow, 1 mile W of the M11 motorway. |
Area |
Wendens Ambo, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TL 497 362
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Chalk, Russell |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Essex) - |
DOB site reference: | S0000338 |
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 |