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Pillbox which has continuous 'firing slits'. fore and aft, closed by flip-up shutters which virtually turn the roof into a canopy.
(Source: Article 1993)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (VARIANT)
      

      

        Location
        On the N back of the Thames foreshore, c.1 mile W of Coalhouse Fort and c. 2 miles E of Tilbury Fort.
with sketch PLAN

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Tilbury, Thurrock, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TQ 680 758
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Vandalism (Uncertain) 
Detail: Pillbox has grafitti on the insides and outside walls.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Essex coast defences - Coastal crust defences 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
     (5) -3 interior and 2 exterior views (photocopies)  
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0006843

      

      

        Reference
        
             1993/05 Pillbox Typology Part 2

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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