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Type 24 thin walled concrete pillbox. Five embrasures, entrance to the rear flanked by a further two embrasures. Internally gun mounts survive and there is a brick built anti ricochet wall.
If not part of GHQ Reserve Line, possibly part of Debden Airfield perimeter defences.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/01)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | On the south east edge of Saffron Walden |
Area |
Saffron Walden, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TL 546 369
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Chalk, Russell |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Essex) - |
DOB site reference: | S0000368 |
Reference |
1996 Anti-invasion defences of WWII 1998/06 World War Two Defences in Essex, Interim Report |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In 1997/01 |