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CHER Number: | CB15228 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | WWII defences, St. Peters & Iron Bridge, Huntingdon |
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Summary - not yet available
Grid Reference: | TL 234 724 |
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Parish: | Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire |
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Monument Type(s):
Full description
1. 2 AT blocks, pillbox with loopholed wall, 22 with screenwall - all destroyed c. 1992. Spigot mortar base, destroyed c. 1992. 4 unknown pillboxes at Iron Bridge, destroyed.
2. SPIGOT MORTAR base at NGR 235 7259, destroyed in the 1990s (e16172)
ANTI TANK BLOCK (e08465) and LOOPHOLED WALL (e13872) at NGR 2350 7250
PILLBOX (e13118) at NGR 2340 7239
3. PILLBOX (e15125) at NGR 2353 7247 also recorded on 1988 OS maps
<1> Osborne, M., 2001, 20th Century Defences in Cambridgeshire (Bibliographic reference). SCB18051.
<2> Pillbox Study Group, 2020, Extended defence of Britain community project (Geospatial data). SCB63056.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1988, OS 1: 1250 (Cartographic materials). SCB63276.
<4> Defence of Britain Project Archive, 4887-4890 (Digital archive). SCB19971.
Sources and further reading
<1> | Bibliographic reference: Osborne, M.. 2001. 20th Century Defences in Cambridgeshire. |
<2> | Geospatial data: Pillbox Study Group. 2020. Extended defence of Britain community project. |
<3> | Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1988. OS 1: 1250. |
<4> | Digital archive: Defence of Britain Project Archive. 4887-4890. |
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