| Name: | Cantilever Pillbox (destroyed), SW corner of Rochford Airfield |
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| SMR Number: | 20719 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 863 889 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ88NE |
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| Parish: | ROCHFORD, ROCHFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
"Cantilever" Pillbox (destroyed),
Full description
A low-level aerial photograph taken in August 1947 shows the clear shape of an F.C. Construction Co. “cantilever” pillbox standing by the former boundary of the site. With the post-war construction of the concrete runways, this area has been totally altered and the former boundary site is now grassland beside the runway. Although the site has not been visited it is clear that the pillbox cannot have survived.
<1> RAF, 1947, CPE-UK 2226-5415 (AP). SEX63459.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (CANTILEVERED) (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Rochford 17
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 84
- Historic Environment Character Area: Rochford 8
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 88_1
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1947. CPE-UK 2226-5415. |
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