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Name:Pillbox (destroyed) to the W of Royal Gunpowder Mills
SMR Number:10078
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TL 374 015
Map Sheet:TL30SE
Parish:WALTHAM ABBEY, EPPING FOREST, ESSEX

Summary

Aerial photographs taken by the RAF in 1947 show the clear shape of a hexagonal pillbox at this point and aerial photographs taken in 1960 show it to have been still standing at that time.

Full description

Aerial photographs taken by the RAF in 1947 show the clear shape of a hexagonal pillbox at this point and aerial photographs taken in 1960 show it to have been still standing at that time. <1> <2> There is now no sign of it in the scrub.


<1> RAF, 1947, Chief Executive's Office, Run 54A (AP). SEX31539.


<2> unknown, 1960, Library, Run 28 (AP). SEX31540.

Monument Types

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

Sources and further reading

<1>AP: RAF. 1947. Chief Executive's Office. Run 54A.
<2>AP: unknown. 1960. Library. Run 28.