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Type 22 pillbox, facing E, reduced to half-height between 1999-2000] and rubble piled inside. Entrance was blocked up to waist height. Covered in vegetation, which, however, was higher before demolition.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/03/14)
Structure that may be a pillbox plotted from aerial photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/05/10)
Type 22 pillbox that stood on a hedgeline NE of Canewdon. It would have fired N towards the River Crouch. The area where it stood is now a large open field.
(Source: SMR 2003/08)
No sign of this pillbox. It has probably been destroyed recently to make wide open field.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/06/13)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
|---|---|
| Location | NE of Canewdon village, and N of New Hall Farm.
|
| Area |
Canewdon, Essex, England |
| Grid reference |
TQ 9092 9504
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1972)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Removed |
| Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
| Recorder | Capstick, D. J. |
| Defence grouping |
RAF Canewdon defences - Defences of the Chain Home Radar Station at Canewdon, Essex. |
| Photographs | (3) - distant site views. |
| DOB site reference: | S0006806 |
| Associated Identifier | Essex SMR (ref: 20771) |
| Reference |
1946/05/10 106G/UK/1496 (fr 3250) |
| Event |
Field Visit, On 2002/06/13 Field Visit, On 1999/04/17 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Removal, During 2000 Field Visit, On 2000/03/14 |
