| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), under A12, E of Chelmer Village |
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| SMR Number: | 10157 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 741 078 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL70NW |
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| Parish: | SPRINGFIELD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
An hexagonal pillbox standing 100 yards to the W of the River Chelmer.
Full description
A 2500:1 map dated 1965 shows a hexagonal pillbox standing 100 yards to the W of the River Chelmer. <1> This is confirmed by a local survey in 1979 which describes it as a "polygonal, concrete pillbox, facing NE, with internal brick Y wall." <2> It was demolished, or buried, when the A12 Chelmsford by-pass was constructed in 1987.
<1> unknown, 1965, Reprographics, TL7407 (Map). SEX31635.
<2> local survey, 1979, SMR (LIST). SEX31630.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 4
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 4.6
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Map: unknown. 1965. Reprographics. TL7407. |
| <2> | LIST: local survey. 1979. SMR. |
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