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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327
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Pillbox, built onto the top of a factory. Slight alterations have taken place to the factory, but the pillbox survives intact. There are small embrasures in each side which are now glazed.
[Bernard Lowry suggests that this is in fact a 'factory roof spotters post'. Roof spotters were employed at some factories to warn of the approach of enemy aircraft (as opposed to air raid warnings). Too much production had been lost due to false alarms - so roof spotters were employed to warn of approach of aircraft so staff could go to shelters (often within the factory buildings). These features are found on other WW2 factories and ammunition storage areas].
(Source: Field Visit 1999)
| Type of site | PILLBOX |
|---|---|
| Location | On top of factory, NW Stansted Mountfitchet |
| Area |
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England |
| Grid reference |
TL 515 257
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
| Recorder | Burden, Susannah |
| Photographs |
(4) - external views (1 DIGITISED) |
| DOB site reference: | S0008134 |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1999 |
