| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), OS 48, N of School Playing Field |
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| SMR Number: | 10402 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 518 348 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL53SW |
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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. 48 N. of Playing Field N. of School and partly adj. railway. Map ref. 966538". (Mil.Ed.) <1> An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in 1946 shows the indistinct shape of an hexagonal pillbox facing NE standing in the NW corner of a small field with hedges. The field extended from this position eastwards to the railway. <2> All hedges and field boundaries have now disappeared and there is no sign of the pillbox.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Newport (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1635-5147 (AP). SEX31967.
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: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1635-5147. |
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