| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), W side of Rochford Airfield |
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| SMR Number: | 20715 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 867 895 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ88NE |
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| Parish: | ROCHFORD, ROCHFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Cantilever Pillbox,
Full description
A low-level aerial photograph taken in August 1947 shows the clear shape of an hexagonal pillbox standing on the W side of Rochford Airfield. <1> An aerial photograph taken in June 1960 shows something at this point, possibly the pillbox or its base after demolition. <2> The site is hidden by trees or shrubs on subsequent aerial photographs.
As it has not been possible to access the site any survival is not known. On balance, given the lack of identifiable shape on the 1960 aerial photograph and nothing showing in 1970, it is probable that it was demolished prior to 1960.
<1> RAF, 1947, CPE-UK 2226-5505 (AP). SEX63457.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 35-132 (AP). SEX63458.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 88_1
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 88
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Rochford 17
- Historic Environment Character Area: Rochford 8
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1947. CPE-UK 2226-5505. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 35-132. |
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