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HHER Number:2281
Type of record:Monument
Name:ANTI-TANK OBSTACLES, CHESHUNT PARK, CHESHUNT

Summary

Part of the Outer London Stop Line

Images

No image caption available  © Hertfordshire County Council

No image caption available © Hertfordshire County Council

Grid Reference:TL 349 045
Map Sheet:TL30SW
Parish:Broxbourne (Non Civil Parish), Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
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Monument Types

  • TANK TRAP (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

  • HCC Pillbox Survey, 1991-92

Full description

A double line of concrete anti-tank blocks <1> flanking an old gateway across the path of Candlestick Lane. There are six blocks to the west forming an L-shape, and four to the east, each 4' high <2>.


Nash, Fred, 1992, Anti-tank obstacles at Cheshunt Park, Cheshunt, PNO 20500 (Photograph). SHT17035.


1992, Anti-tank obstacles at Cheshunt Park, Cheshunt, PNO 20501 (Photograph). SHT17036.


<1> Wills, Henry, 1985, Pillboxes, - p40-1 (Bibliographic reference). SHT4015.


<2> Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs, 29.1.1992 (Unpublished document). SHT3718.

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1992. Anti-tank obstacles at Cheshunt Park, Cheshunt. PNO 20500.
---Photograph: 1992. Anti-tank obstacles at Cheshunt Park, Cheshunt. PNO 20501.
<1>Bibliographic reference: Wills, Henry. 1985. Pillboxes. - p40-1.
<2>Unpublished document: Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs. 29.1.1992.

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10232Part of: WORLD WAR II ANTI-TANK DITCH, OUTER LONDON STOP LINE EASTERN SECTION, FROM NEWGATE STREET TO WORMLEY (Monument)