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Type 22 pillbox - faces E. Entrance on W side, with concrete block over, later bricked up with a lower doorway protected by concrete 'cube-shaped' roofed anti-blast wall. Vertical rectangular embrasures.
(Source: Field Visit 1987/01)
Purpose-built hexagonal brick and concrete pillbox of unusually tall design standing at the top of a steep hill. The extra height gives commanding views over the wide valley on its N side and the steep lane which traverses it. The pillbox was originally camouflaged to represent a small house with windows, door, and drainpipe, but all traces of paint have now disappeared. The small, low entrance which facilitates a 360 degree fire capability has been concreted over.
(Source: Field Visit 1992/01/22)
Tall pillbox based on a type 22. Brick-shuttered. It is positioned just below the forward crest of a N-facing ridge.The extra height is to allow a field of fire over the crest of the hill to the S and across the bank of the lane to the E. Main field of fire - N. 'Vertical' embrasures, witha greater height than width, in each face. A length of steel cable trails from an embrasure. Overgrown on the N face with ivy. The entrance was by a low-set concrete porch on the W side, now blocked.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/08/22)
Hexagonal pillbox, probably a type 22, plotted from air photograph. Faces E.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/10/10)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
|---|---|
| Location | On the W side of Bread and Cheese Lane about 150 yards S of Bread and Cheese Bridge, N of Hammond Street. |
| Area |
Cheshunt , Hertfordshire, England |
| Grid reference |
TL 33079 05023
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: One side of the pillbox is overgrown with ivy. |
| Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
| Defence grouping |
London Stop Line: Outer - Line A (outer suburbs) of London defence rings. |
| Photographs |
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| DOB site reference: | S0005061 |
| Associated Identifier | Hertfordshire SMR (ref: 1578) |
| Reference |
Invasion Defences 1940 [parish of Cheshunt]. 1946/10/10 CPE/UK/779 (fr.3012) 1976 After the Battle, issue 14 |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1987/01 Field Visit, On 1992/01/22 |
