| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), East of Pound Lane, North Benfleet (nr All Saints Church) |
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| SMR Number: | 20109 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 762 899 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ78NE |
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| Parish: | BOWERS GIFFORD AND NORTH BENFLEET, BASILDON, ESSEX |
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Summary
A rectangular infantry pillbox with a blast wall.
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in May 1946 shows a rectangular infantry pillbox with a blast wall on its WNW side facing across the path of the anti-tank ditch. At this point, on a hill side east of All Saints Church, the ditch ran North/South about 70 yards east of the pillbox. An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows no sign of the pillbox. <1> <2>
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1496-4379 (AP). SEX61774.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 35-156 (AP). SEX61776.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- GHQ line defences in Basildon (Ref: ?)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 101_1
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 101
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1496-4379. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 35-156. |
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