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| HHER Number: | 6713 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | PILLBOX, NYN MANOR FARM, NORTHAW |
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Summary
Type 24 pillbox on the Outer London Stop Line
Images
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Hexagonal, brick & concrete Type 24 <1> pillbox standing just to the S of the farm buildings of Nyn Manor Farm [30269]. Facing N, behind the steep banks of a brook, the field of fire would have been obstructed by the buildings. Unusually, the pillbox has retained some of the original steel mesh shutters to the loophole apertures <2>.
<1> Wills, Henry, 1985, Pillboxes, - p30-1 (Bibliographic reference). SHT4015.
<2> Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs, 11.2.1992 (Unpublished document). SHT3718.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Wills, Henry. 1985. Pillboxes. - p30-1. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs. 11.2.1992. |
Related records
| 10233 | Part of: WORLD WAR II ANTI-TANK DITCH, THE OUTER LONDON STOP LINE: CENTRAL SECTION, FROM BROOKMANS PARK TO CUFFLEY (Monument) |
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