Monument Number 1510779 |
| Hob Uid: 1510779 | |
Location :
Essex
Uttlesford
Littlebury
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| Grid Ref : TL5188039630 |
| Summary : A Second World War road block was located on Littlebury Bridge over the River Cam but was removed by 1947. The road block comprised two pairs of concrete anti-tank cubes, one pair at either end of the bridge. The cubes appear to have been removed on aerial photographs taken in 1947. The cubes would have supported a steel hawser which could be lowered for friendly traffic or fixed in the raised position as an anti tank obstacle. Littlebury bridge is also defended by a pillbox located 115m to its south (NMR TL 53 NW 204). The road block is one of a number of similar defensive features constructed along the River Cam in 1940-1941 and formed part of the GHQ Line (Essex). |
| More information : A Second World War road block on Littlebury Bridge over the River Cam is visible on aerial photographs. The road block was centred at TL 5188 3963 and comprised two pairs of concrete anti-tank cubes, one pair at either end of the bridge. The cubes appear to have been removed on aerial photographs taken in 1947. The cubes would have supported a steel hawser which could be lowered for friendly traffic or fixed in the raised position as an anti tank obstacle. Littlebury bridge is also defended by a pillbox located 115m to its south (NMR TL 53 NW 204 / UID: 1416562). The road block is one of a number of similar defensive features constructed along the River Cam in 1940-1941 and formed part of the GHQ Line (Essex). (1-3) |