| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Temple Plantation, Shortgrove Park |
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| SMR Number: | 10398 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 520 354 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL53NW |
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| Parish: | NEWPORT, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Contemporary records state, "Pillbox.
Full description
Contemporary records state, "Pillbox. OS No. 26 - Temple Plantation, Shortgrove Park. Map ref. 969541". (Mil.Ed.) <1> An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in 1948 shows a rectangular pillbox, with a short blast wall, facing SE towards the bridge some 60 yards away. <2> There is now no sign of this pillbox.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Newport (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> unknown, 1948, 58-53-5152 (AP). SEX31982.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Newport. |
| <2> | AP: unknown. 1948. 58-53-5152. |
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