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Pillbox destroyed during road widening. Tyres were burnt inside it for a week until the concrete cracked. Possibly a type 24.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/06/13)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        Junction of B1054 road and Helions Bumpstead road, Steeple Bumpstead.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Steeple Bumpstead, Essex, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TL 6745 4085
             (Scale: 1:25000
              , 1989)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Removed

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Silverlock, R.A.
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Eastern Command: Witham to Bradley Stop Line - A subsidiary stop line sited between Eastern Command Line and the GHQ Line: it runs from the coast inland via Witham to Bradley. 

        		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Pillbox: TL68004140

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000405

      

      

        Reference
        
             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

             1996 Anti-invasion defences of WWII

             1998/06 World War Two Defences in Essex, Interim Report

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, In 1997/06/13 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Destruction, Before 1997/06/13 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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