| Name: | Road Barrier (destroyed), GHQ Line, Pan Lane, East Hanningfield |
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| SMR Number: | 20190 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 752 002 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL70SE |
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| Parish: | EAST HANNINGFIELD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Road Barrier (destroyed )
Full description
Passing through East Hanningfield, the anti-tank ditch of the GHQ Line paralleled the A130, keeping between 100/300 yards to the E of the roadway. Where the line crossed Pan Lane the ditch to the N and S of the lane were connected by a road barrier. This can be seen on a 1946 aerial photograph. Five concrete blocks stand on the S side of the lane and three on the N. These would have been bridged by a moveable obstruction. <1>
Nothing of this barrier now remains.
<1> RAF, 1946, CPE-UK 1788-4159 (AP). SEX62324.
Monument Types
- ROAD BARRIER (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- GHQ line South of Chelmsford - visit by F Nash (Ref: Nash CHL Jan-Feb 1999)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 6
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 6.3
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. CPE-UK 1788-4159. |
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