| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), E of River Chelmer, Littley Green |
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| SMR Number: | 10822 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 695 167 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL61NE |
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| Parish: | GREAT WALTHAM, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
An hexagonal pillbox, possibly a Type FW3/22.
Full description
Contemporary records state. “Pillbox and dredging of river with deposit of silt. O.S. No. 322 – adj. E. bank of R. Chelmer – Littley Green. Map ref. 142355” (Mil. Ed.) <1>
Field O.S. No. 322 as a long thin field running alongside the E bank of the river immediately N of the track known as Cut Throat Lane and ford. An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows what appears to be an hexagonal pillbox, possibly a Type FW3/22, half hidden by a tree on the bank of the river at TL 6950 1676. Nothing can be seen on subsequent aerial photographs. <2>
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Great Waltham (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)? (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 13
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 13.4
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Great Waltham. |
| <2> | DESC TEXT: Wills, H. 1985. Pillboxes. |
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