| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), under A12 E of Chelmer Village |
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| SMR Number: | 10159 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 741 075 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL70NW |
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| Parish: | SPRINGFIELD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows a rectangular pillbox with blast wall on its SW side standing at this point.
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows a rectangular pillbox with blast wall on its SW side standing at this point. <1> This is confirmed by a local survey in 1979 which describes it as a "rectangular, concrete pillbox facing NE with small blast wall". <2> It was demolished, or buried, when the A12 Chelmsford by-pass was constructed in 1987.
<1> RAF, 1946, 1946 RAF aerial photographs (AP). SEX31614.
<2> local survey, 1979, SMR (LIST). SEX31630.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 4.1
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 4
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 1946 RAF aerial photographs. |
| <2> | LIST: local survey. 1979. SMR. |
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