Summary

Pillbox

Full description

Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1960 show a rectangular pillbox, with a blast wall, standing behind a hedge alongside the E side of the A130 roadway. The anti-tank ditch crossed the A130, via a road barrier, almost immediately S of the pillbox and the ditch continued northwards. Thus the pillbox is standing on the “V” formed by the road and the ditch. From here it faced E across the ditch and open fields. <1> <2>

An aerial photograph taken in 1970 show it to have been demolished by that date. <2>

<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1563-4225 (AP). SEX62152.

<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 30-007 (AP). SEX62145.

<3> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1970, Run 77-2623 (AP). SEX62150.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

• Survey of defences in East Hanningfield,Rettendon and Runwell (Ref: ?)

Protected Status

• Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 6.3
• Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 6

Sources and further reading

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