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Type 22 pillbox, thin walled. Demolished 1986.
(Source: Field Visit )
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | Near Witham Station |
Area |
Witham, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TL 8225 1555
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1992)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Burden, Susannah |
Defence grouping |
Eastern Command: Witham to Bradley Stop Line - A subsidiary stop line sited between Eastern Command Line and the GHQ Line: it runs from the coast inland via Witham to Bradley. Witham nodal point - Defences of Witham category 'A' nodal point in No.4 region. Cassini ref. M2633. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - sketch map and drawing (DIGITISED) |
Photographs |
(2) - general views |
DOB site reference: | S0006824 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Demolition, During 1996 |