| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), N side of Duck Street, Little Easton |
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| SMR Number: | 10475 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 612 240 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL62SW |
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| Parish: | LITTLE EASTON, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
A pillbox, once disguised with a black sloping roof, is reliably reported to have stood on the N side of Duck Street overlooking a meadow and the River Chelmer.
Full description
A pillbox, once disguised with a black sloping roof, is reliably reported to have stood on the N side of Duck Street overlooking a meadow and the River Chelmer. <1> This pillbox can be seen on an aerial photograph taken in 1960. Although possibly an FW3/24 its type cannot be positively identified. <2> <3> One photo of site. <4>
<1> local resident, unknown, PERS COMM by wartime landowner (Verbal communication). SEX31451.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 15-121 (AP). SEX32080.
<3> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, p30 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.
<4> Nash, Fred, 1996, WWII defences, one frame (Photograph). SEX31461.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)? (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Verbal communication: local resident. unknown. PERS COMM by wartime landowner. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 15-121. |
| <3> | DESC TEXT: Wills, H. 1985. Pillboxes. p30. |
| <4> | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1996. WWII defences. one frame. |
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