| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), S side of Rochford Airfield |
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| SMR Number: | 20723 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 869 889 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ88NE |
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| Parish: | ROCHFORD, ROCHFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox
Full description
A plan of Rochford Airfield dated June 1945 and a low-level aerial photograph taken in August 1947 show an hexagonal pillbox standing on the green just outside the perimeter track on the S side of the airfield. A blast wall can be seen protecting the entrance on the SE face. This position was immediately to the W of the two Bellman hangars. Although it has not been possible to access the site, it is clear from later aerial photographs that this pillbox no longer survives. <1> <2>
<1> Air Ministry, 1945, Southend (Rochford) Record Site Plan. Site No 1 (Airfield Site) (Graphic material). SEX63460.
<2> RAF, 1947, CPE-UK 2226-5418 (AP). SEX63477.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Rochford 17
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 88
- Historic Environment Character Area: Rochford 8
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 88_1
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Graphic material: Air Ministry. 1945. Southend (Rochford) Record Site Plan. Site No 1 (Airfield Site). |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1947. CPE-UK 2226-5418. |
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