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Essex HER

Name:Pillbox destroyed), S of railway line, Debden Station
SMR Number:10357
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TQ 443 961
Map Sheet:TQ49NW
Parish:LOUGHTON, EPPING FOREST, ESSEX

Summary

An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in 1946 shows the clear shape of a hexagonal pillbox standing among anti-tank blocks just S of the railway line where the anti-tank ditch of the Outer London Defence Ring crossed from N to S.

Full description

An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in 1946 shows the clear shape of a hexagonal pillbox standing among anti-tank blocks just S of the railway line where the anti-tank ditch of the Outer London Defence Ring crossed from N to S. <1> The area is now a footpath between the railway and a company car park..


<1> unknown, 1946, 3G-TUD-UK 46-5013 (AP). SEX31920.

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Sources and further reading

<1>AP: unknown. 1946. 3G-TUD-UK 46-5013.