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Rectangular pillbox, with internal dimensions of 7ft x 8ft, with walls 42ins thick. In the front wall is a large stepped embrasure 5ft across on the outside. Without a blast wall.
(Source: Field Visit )
Pillbox variant. Described as an Eastern Command Type in 'Ironside's Line'.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
---|---|
Location | On River Chelmer, Brick Kiln Lane, E of Chelmsford. |
Area |
Chelmsford, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TL 744 055
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Essex) - Chelmsford nodal point - Defences of Chelmsford category 'A' nodal point in No.4 region. Cassini ref. M1525. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
DOB site reference: | S0006978 |
Reference |
Pillbox Typology Part 3: Square and Rectangular Types 1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |