| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Butler’s Farm, Broomfield |
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| SMR Number: | 10867 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 709 111 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL71SW |
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| Parish: | BROOMFIELD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
A pillbox once stood on a hedgeline overlooking a wide field E to the River Chelmer.
Full description
A pillbox once stood on a hedgeline overlooking a wide field E to the River Chelmer. The hedge and pillbox have now been cleared but part of it can be made out on an aerial photograph taken in 1946. <1> <2>
<1> Nash, Fred, 1997, Observation of Pillbox 10867 (PERSONAL OBSERVATION). SEX61712.
<2> RAF, 1946, CPE-UK 1785-5131 (AP). SEX61713.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 13
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 13.3
Sources and further reading
| <1> | PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Nash, Fred. 1997. Observation of Pillbox 10867. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. CPE-UK 1785-5131. |
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