| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), N of Hodgson Way, Shotgate |
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| SMR Number: | 21044 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 762 925 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ79SE |
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| Parish: | SHOTGATE, BASILDON, ESSEX |
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| Wickford, BASILDON, ESSEX |
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Summary
pillbox (destroyed)
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in May 1946 shows a rectangular pillbox with a blast wall standing in open fields 80/90 yards from the anti-tank ditch of the GHQ Line. It faces SE with the blast wall paralleling the NW face. <1>
In 2005, this area has been completely re-developed and the site of the pillbox is on the W side of a stretch of grassland between houses, N of Hodgson Way.
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1496-4306, May 1946 (AP). SEX65647.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Visit by Fred Nash, AGES Project - Aug 2005 (Ref: Nash BAS Aug 2005)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 103
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1496-4306. May 1946. |
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