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| HHER Number: | 1909 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | FORTIFIED WWII BUNKER, TANFIELD STUD FARM, CHESHUNT |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 324 050 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL30NW |
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| Parish: | Broxbourne (Non Civil Parish), Broxbourne, Hertfordshire |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Monument Types
- UNDERGROUND MILITARY HEADQUARTERS (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Extremely rare WWII brick and concrete fortified bunker of massive proportions. Fully 116' long x 10' wide x 6' high, this structure was built on the base of an old pigsty <1> to dominate, through machine-gun apertures, the wide valley on its N side. Now partly demolished, the major portion is 62' long with a further 10' remaining at the opposite end. Oddly, the inner height is only 3' necessitating the defenders crawling into position before lying at the loopholes. The site forms part of the farmyard\paddock <2>.
<1> Mr Parr, Tanfield Stud Farm, 23.1.92 (Verbal communication). SHT7129.
<2> Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs, 23.1.1992 (Unpublished document). SHT3718.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Verbal communication: Mr Parr, Tanfield Stud Farm. 23.1.92. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs. 23.1.1992. |
Related records
| 10232 | Part of: WORLD WAR II ANTI-TANK DITCH, OUTER LONDON STOP LINE EASTERN SECTION, FROM NEWGATE STREET TO WORMLEY (Monument) |
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