Defence of Britain Database Anti-invasion record: S0005065

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Type 27 pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit )
Octagonal pillbox with attached entrance porch. Faces NW. Plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1971)
Brick-faced (exterior) octagonal type 27 pillbox with central well to mount an anti-aircraft gun. Faces NNW. Loopholed blastwall attached to main structure at roof level, and with entrances on either side. Chamfered roof edge. Small. stepped embrasures, with gas vents above them. Vertical wooden battens are in place on internal walls.The central well is approached from the inside by an iron rung ladder through steel doors still in position. Partially overgrown. Access possible at edge of field, with interior access.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/07/15)

Type of site	PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/27)
Location	On field boundary at top of ridge NE of Appleby Street Farm.
Area	Cheshunt , Hertfordshire, England
Grid reference	TL 33663 04606 (Scale: 1:2500 , 1971)
Period	WW2
Condition	Good
Materials	Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete, Steel, Wood
Threats	Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is partially overgrown.
Recorder	Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project)
Defence grouping	London Stop Line: Outer - Line A (outer suburbs) of London defence rings.
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DOB site reference:	S0005065
Reference	Invasion Defences 1940 [parish of Cheshunt].
Event	Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/07/05