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Type 22 brick [sic] pillbox, faces SW.
(Source: Field Visit 1992/03/28)
Concrete-faced pillbox, with 2 x 'pimples' on its SSW side see UORN 7064]. Pillbox faces SSW. Central cruciform concrete pillar. Low crawl-through entrance with embrasure above. In use (1985) as a horse fodder store.
(Source: Field Visit 1985)
Type 22 concrete pillbox with two anti-tank 'pimples' close by. This pillbox was being used as a bat sanctuary, with blocked embrasures and a metal door. However, it has been vandalised: an embrasure has been smashed out, the door is hanging off its hinges, and the free-standing exterior blast wall has been pushed over. [A local man told the recorder that during WW2 there were concrete road blocks at this road junction, long since removed].
(Source: Field Visit 2001/02/16)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | In the corner of a field between Fairoak Lane and Leatherhead Road, close to woods, Malden Rushett. |
Area |
Epsom, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 1712 6170
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1998)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Vandalism (Immediate) Detail: The pillbox is covered in graffiti. |
Recorder | Kerr, Alistair Graham |
Defence grouping |
London Stop Line: Outer - Line A (outer suburbs) of London defence rings. |
Photographs |
(3) - exterior views - Urquhart (1 DIGITISED) |
Adjacent sites | Two anti-tank pimples at TQ 172618 [see UORN 7064]. |
DOB site reference: | S0007063 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1992/03/28 Field Visit, During 1985 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2001/02/16 |