Summary

Pillbox (destroyed),

Full description

Contemporary records state, “2 Pill, Boxes, 1 Observation Post. Nr. Barrow Hall Bldgs: north and south of road. Map ref. 366065.” (Mil. Ed.) <1>

One of the two pillboxes can be seen on a May 1946 aerial photograph standing at the edge of a field on the N side of Barrow Hall Road. It was a large hexagonal type, probably of the same pattern as its extant partner on the S side of the road (see SMR 20806). From this position it would not only have been able to support the road barrier 150 yards to the E (SMR 20808) but it would also have dominated all the lower lying fields to the N and NE. <2>

June 1960 aerial photographs show that it had been demolished by this date and nothing now appears to remain. <3>

<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Gt Wakering (LIST). SEX31436.

<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1496-3358 (AP). SEX63594.

<3> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 35-126 (AP). SEX63597.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

• WWII Defences in Rochford (Ref: ?)

Protected Status

• Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 86
• Historic Environment Character Zone: Rochford 14
• Historic Environment Character Area: Rochford 5: Central Rochford District

Sources and further reading

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