| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), seawall E of Havengore Bridge, Great Wakering |
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| SMR Number: | 20818 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 972 881 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ98NE |
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| Parish: | GREAT WAKERING, ROCHFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed),
Full description
It is locally recalled that an hexagonal pillbox stood on the seawall E of Havengore Bridge. This can be seen on aerial photographs taken in August 1946 and June 1960 – hexagonal, facing NE across Havengore Creek from the leading slope of the seawall. The entrance can be seen on the SW side. <1> <2>
Nothing of it now survives.
<1> local resident, 2003, WWII features, July 2003 (Verbal communication). SEX63595.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 36-113 (AP). SEX63599.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- WWII Defences in Rochford (Ref: Nash ROC Dec 2003)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Area: Rochford 4
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 81_1
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Rochford 6
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 81
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Verbal communication: local resident. 2003. WWII features. July 2003. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 36-113. |
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