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Standard type 24 pillbox. Entrance facing south west. Small embrasures. Interior not seen as entrance and embrasures are bricked up.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/06/13)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | In corner of small recreation field, by road junction with B1057 road NW of Claywall Bridge, Steeple Bumpstead. |
Area |
Steeple Bumpstead, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TL 6800 4140
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1989)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
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. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - sketch map and additional SRF by Sue Burden |
Photographs | (6) - external views |
Adjacent sites | Pillbox: TL 67454085 |
DOB site reference: | S0000407 |
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 Field Visit, On 1999/03/14 |