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Thick walled type 24 pillbox. Five equal sized walls with embrasures. Sixth longer side with entrance flanked by a further two embrasures. Internally there is a large brick built anti ricochet wall, and concrete shelves under the embrasures.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/03)
Type 24 shell-proof pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type 24 thick-walled pillbox, one of two at this location. On raised concrete base. Interior brick anti-ricochet wall. Multi-stepped embrasures. On SW side of small bridge [see UORN 391 as well]. Faces ENE. No access without permission as on private land.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/06/07)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
|---|---|
| Location | Next to a small bridge in the Audley End Estate. |
| Area |
Littlebury, Essex, England |
| Grid reference |
TL 52120 39022
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1970)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
| Recorder | Chalk, Russell |
| Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Essex) - |
| Attached Sheets | (1) - sketch map |
| Photographs |
(2) external views |
| DOB site reference: | S0000390 |
| Associated Identifier | Essex SMR (ref: 10217) |
| Reference |
1996 Anti-invasion defences of WWII 1998/06 World War Two Defences in Essex, Interim Report 1999 Ironside's Line 1949/04/17 58/214 Pt. 2 (fr 5188) |
| Event |
Field Visit, In 1997/03 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2002/06/07 |
