| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), S of Shopland Rd, Sutton |
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| SMR Number: | 20798 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 905 885 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ98NW |
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| Parish: | SUTTON, ROCHFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed),
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in May 1946 shows the clear shape of an hexagonal pillbox standing 30/40 yards S of Shopland Road, partly beneath a tree line. The entrance can be seen on the NW face. A local survey, undertaken in 1995, records that at that time the pillbox stood, although partly demolished. The site has now been completely cleared, however, and the area is open agricultural land. <1> <2>
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1496-3360 (AP). SEX63588.
<2> Rochford Hundred Hist. Soc., 1995, Local Survey RHHS (LIST). SEX63589.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
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. 1946. 106G-UK 1496-3360. |
| <2> | LIST: Rochford Hundred Hist. Soc.. 1995. Local Survey RHHS. |
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