| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), E of Pound Lane, North Benfleet |
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| SMR Number: | 20110 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 761 902 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ79SE |
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| Parish: | BOWERS GIFFORD AND NORTH BENFLEET, BASILDON, ESSEX |
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Summary
Site of a rectangular infantry pillbox, with a blast wall on its SSW side.
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows a rectangular infantry pillbox, with a blast wall on its SSW side, facing across the path of the anti-tank ditch. At this point the ditch ran NW/SE about 60 yards NE of the pillbox. An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows it to have been demolished by that date, although its base has survived and remains extant. <1> <2>
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1496-3308 (AP). SEX61975.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 34-008 (AP). SEX61976.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- GHQ line Basildon by Fred Nash (Ref: Nash BAS Jan 1998)
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 1496-3308. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 34-008. |
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