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HHER Number:2004
Type of record:Monument
Name:SITE OF PILLBOX, TANFIELD STUD FARM, CHESHUNT

Summary - not yet available

Grid Reference:TL 325 049
Map Sheet:TL30SW
Parish:Broxbourne (Non Civil Parish), Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
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Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

This pillbox was probably a Type 27 <1> situated 50 yards to the E of the Tanfield Farm buildings overlooking the valley to the N. It was demolished in 1983 <2> and the site is now occupied by a new farmhouse <3>.


<1> Wills, Henry, 1985, Pillboxes, - p34-5 (Bibliographic reference). SHT4015.


<2> Ball, D, 1983, Photograph of pillbox at Tanfield Stud Farm (Photograph). SHT8872.


<3> Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs, 23.1.1992 (Unpublished document). SHT3718.

Sources and further reading

<1>Bibliographic reference: Wills, Henry. 1985. Pillboxes. - p34-5.
<2>Photograph: Ball, D. 1983. Photograph of pillbox at Tanfield Stud Farm.
<3>Unpublished document: Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs. 23.1.1992.

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