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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. Stencilled onto an inside wall at eye level is the number `21' in black.
(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 517 404
(Scale: 1:1250
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: Pillbox is overgrown. |
Recorder | Chalk, Russell |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Essex) - |
Photographs | (2) - external views |
DOB site reference: | S0000401 |
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 |