| Name: | Pillbox, S of Broomfield Mill, Broomfield |
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| SMR Number: | 10873 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 713 099 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL70NW |
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| Parish: | BROOMFIELD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
A rectangular, concrete pillbox with a blast wall on its NNW side.
Full description
Standing on a raft of concrete in an open field is a rectangular, concrete pillbox with a blast wall on its NNW side. Around the roof edge small piles of concrete have been placed to break up the straight outline. The two corners on the R. Chelmer side, to the E, are “chamfered”. Inside, the walls and roof shuttered with corrugated iron sheeting. An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows this pillbox to have then stood in a N/S hedgeline. <1>
Two photos of site. <2>
AP <3>
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1565-3397 (AP). SEX61721.
<2> Nash, Fred, 1997, Photograph of Pillbox 10873 (Photograph). SEX61722.
<3> Strachan, David, 1998, CP/98/9/5 (AP). SEX61723.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 13.3
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 13
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1565-3397. |
| <2> | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1997. Photograph of Pillbox 10873. |
| <3> | AP: Strachan, David. 1998. CP/98/9/5. |
Images
 Pillbox, S of Broomfield Mill, Broomfield © Essex County Council |  Pillbox, S of Broomfield Mill, Broomfield © Essex County Council |
 Pillbox, S of Broomfield Mill, Broomfield © Essex County Council | |
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