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| HHER Number: | 2209 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | PILLBOX AND ASSOCIATED ANTI-TANK OBSTACLES, GAMMON FARM, CHESHUNT |
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Summary
Type 22 pillbox flanked by anti-tank blocks
| Grid Reference: | TL 331 047 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL30SW |
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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
- PILLBOX (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- TANK TRAP (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Hexagonal brick and concrete pillbox (Type 22 but with low doorway <1>) facing N across valley. The whole site is generally overgrown and the E corner of the brickwork is crumbling. The pillbox is flanked by five anti-tank blocks, each 4' 6" high, three to the W and two to the E. Unusually, the E pair still have their brick shuttering intact <2>.
Apparently as at 1992 visit, though close access was not possible <3>.
<1> Wills, Henry, 1985, Pillboxes, - p28 (Bibliographic reference). SHT4015.
<2> Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs, 27.1.1992 (Unpublished document). SHT3718.
<3> Jim Apps, site visit, 13.1.2002 (Verbal communication). SHT5651.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Wills, Henry. 1985. Pillboxes. - p28. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs. 27.1.1992. |
| <3> | Verbal communication: Jim Apps, site visit. 13.1.2002. |
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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