| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Doddinghurst Road, Pilgrims Hatch |
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| SMR Number: | 20233 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 593 959 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ59NE |
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| Parish: | DODDINGHURST, BRENTWOOD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed)
Full description
Contemporary records state, "Block House Pillbox. Doddinghurst Rd, opp: Springfield Lane. Map ref. 040149". (Mil. Ed.) <1>
This pillbox stood on the E side of the Doddinghurst Road/Hatch Road junction, just inside the SW corner of a field. This position is by the NE corner of the triangular tract of land on which stood the wartime wireless station and the pillbox was sited to overlook open farm land and the approach road from the N. On the NW corner of the junction is a house, "Springfield" - thus the "Springfield Lane" reference. <2>
The site of the pillbox is marked by broken remains of concrete in the thicket at the roadside.
< 1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Shenfield (LIST). SEX31436.
< 2> Nash, Fred, 1999, Verbal Communication Local resident April 1999 (PERSONAL OBSERVATION). SEX62401.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- WWII Brentwood Survey (Ref: ?)
Sources and further reading
| < 1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Shenfield. |
| < 2> | PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Nash, Fred. 1999. Verbal Communication Local resident April 1999. |
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