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Lozenge shaped pillbox with four embrasures. Two main embrasures set up with fixed mountings (internally) face to and from the river. There is an entrance down steps under a covered porch like structure.
(Source: Field Visit 1993/11)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | Stoneness, Thurrock, overlooking the River Thames. |
Area |
Thurrock, Thurrock, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 584 763
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Flooding (Immediate) Detail: Site is in flood plain of River Thames |
Recorder | [Unknown] ([Unknown]) |
Defence grouping |
Essex coast defences - Coastal crust defences |
Attached Sheets | (5) - written description and plans, list of photographs |
Photographs | (5) - two external views and three internal views |
Adjacent sites | Pillbox TQ 587764 |
DOB site reference: | S0000428 |
Reference |
1998/06 World War Two Defences in Essex, Interim Report |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1993/11 |