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| HHER Number: | 2269 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | PILLBOX AND ANTI-TANK OBSTACLES, PARK LANE PARADISE, CHESHUNT |
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Summary
Octagonal Type 27 pillbox and ten anti-tank blocks
Images
 No image caption available © Hertfordshire County Council | |
| Grid Reference: | TL 341 043 |
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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)
Associated Events
- HCC Pillbox Survey, 1991-92
Full description
Octagonal concrete pillbox (Type 27 <1>) on east side of Park Lane Paradise at entrance to Cheshunt Park Farm. Facing north, it is in poor condition and partly demolished. Flanking the north-east corner is a line of ten anti-tank blocks, each 4' 6" high. These have their original brick shuttering although this is now crumbling <2>.
Nash, Fred, 1992, Pillbox and anti-tank obstacles, Park Lane Paradise, Cheshunt, PNO 20497 (Photograph). SHT17032.
<1> Wills, Henry, 1985, Pillboxes, - p34-5 (Bibliographic reference). SHT4015.
<2> Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs, 28.1.1992 (Unpublished document). SHT3718.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1992. Pillbox and anti-tank obstacles, Park Lane Paradise, Cheshunt. PNO 20497. |
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Wills, Henry. 1985. Pillboxes. - p34-5. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs. 28.1.1992. |
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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