Summary

Pillbox (destroyed),

Full description

1960’s and 1970’s aerial photographs show the clear shape of an hexagonal pillbox with its entrance on the SW side standing to the SE of the entrance to Oxenham Farm. From this position it would have looked out over open countryside to the N and W and guarded the long approach from Havengore Creek to Shoeburyness and Great Wakering. <1> <2>

It is locally recalled that the pillbox was brick-clad and that although now demolished the base still survives beneath thick blackthorn bushes at the side of the track. <3>

One photo of site. <4>

<1> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 36-113 (AP). SEX63599.

<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1970, Run 95-0476 (AP). SEX63600.

<3> local resident, 2003, WWII features, July 2003 (Verbal communication). SEX63595.

<4> Nash, Fred, 2003, WWII Defences in Rochford., one frame, July 2003 (Photograph). SEX63397.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

• WWII Defences in Rochford (Ref: ?)

Protected Status

• Historic Environment Character Zone: Rochford 5
• Historic Environment Character Area: Rochford 4
• Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 81

Sources and further reading

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