| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed) on bend in River Cam |
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| SMR Number: | 10204 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 516 413 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL54SW |
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| Parish: | LITTLE CHESTERFORD, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
A pillbox is reliably reported to have once stood on this spot - a bend in the River Cam.
Full description
A pillbox is reliably reported to have once stood on this spot - a bend in the River Cam. <1> The ground all around is intensively cultivated but this area is left as scrub. One photo of site. <2>
<1> local resident, unknown, PERS COMM by wartime landowner (Verbal communication). SEX31451.
<2> Nash, Fred, 1996, WWII defences, one frame (Photograph). SEX31461.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Verbal communication: local resident. unknown. PERS COMM by wartime landowner. |
| <2> | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1996. WWII defences. one frame. |
Images
 Pillbox (destroyed) on bend in River Cam © Essex County Council | |
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