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Type 24 thick walled pillbox with five sides of equal length, each with a central embrasure. A sixth longer side contains the entrance flanked by two embrasures. Internally the brick anti ricochet wall and concrete shelves survive.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/03)
Type 24 shell-proof pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | On the Western bank of the River Cam, Little Chesterford |
Area |
Little Chesterford, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TL 518 404
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Chalk, Russell |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Essex) - |
Attached Sheets | (1) - sketch map |
Photographs | (1) - external view |
DOB site reference: | S0000398 |
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 1997/03 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |