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Rectangular infantry, thick walled, pillbox. Externally, square in plan, each side being between 10-12ft long. Of the four walls three have central embrasures. The fourth wall has an off set entrance covered by a blast wall of considerable thickness. Internally one wooden shelf survives (made of pine) There is evidence of two other shelves below the embrasures.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/03)
Pillbox variant. Described as an Eastern Command Type in 'Ironside's Line'.
(Source: Book 1999)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (VARIANT)
      

      

        Location
        On the Western bank of the River Cam, Little Chesterford

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Little Chesterford, Essex, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TL 514 416
             (Scale: 1:1250
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Chalk, Russell
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line (Essex) -  

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - sketch map

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (2) - one external view and one internal view  
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000402

      

      

        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

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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