| Name: | Cantilever Pillbox (destroyed), E of Warner’s Bridge, Rochford |
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| SMR Number: | 20724 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 876 888 |
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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
Low level aerial photographs taken in August 1947 show a “cantilever” pillbox standing on a track E of Warner’s Bridge. This position overlooks meadows to the E and would have guarded against an infantry attack on Rochford Airfield from this direction. <1>
The track and the cleared position of the pillbox, still survives but nothing of the structure remains.
<1> RAF, 1947, CPE-UK 2226-5421 (AP). SEX63480.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (CANTILEVERED) (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- WWII Defences in Rochford (Ref: ?)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Rochford 14
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 86
- Historic Environment Character Area: Rochford 5: Central Rochford District
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1947. CPE-UK 2226-5421. |
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