| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), E of level crossing, Mount Bures |
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| SMR Number: | 20038 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 907 327 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL93SW |
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| Parish: | BURES HAMLET, BRAINTREE, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed), E of level crossing, Mount Bures
Full description
Contemporary records state, A/T ditch, clearing of bank and pillbox. O.S. No. 144, N.W. of Rectory and adj. railway. <1>
O.S. No. 144 is the field E of Mount Bures level crossing flanked by Old Barn Road and Hall Road. Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1949 show this pillbox or its remains standing immediately to the E of the road junction about 40 yards E of the level crossing. The pillbox type cannot be determined. <2> <3>
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Bures (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1635-1074 (AP). SEX61899.
<3> RAF, 1949, 58-304-5365 (AP). SEX61873.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Bures. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1635-1074. |
| <3> | AP: RAF. 1949. 58-304-5365. |
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