If you think this information is inaccurate please e-mail corrections to
Hertfordshire HER
.
| HHER Number: | 6932 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Building |
|---|
| Name: | PILLBOX, ALLEN'S GREEN S |
|---|
Summary - not yet available
Images
 No image caption available © Hertfordshire County Council |  No image caption available © Hertfordshire County Council |
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (Twentieth Century - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)
Protected Status
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 32451
Full description
By the road 50 yards to the SW of the T junction at Blount's Cottages, a 'Hunsdon' type pillbox looking S across wide farmland towards Allen's Green. At first glance this appears to be exactly the same design as at Hunsdon Airfield - hexagonal, brick and concrete, 10" apertures fanning out by a series of small steps to an impressive 55" x 35" outer dimension, massively thick walls (minimum 4') - but the diameter of this pillbox is 21' compared to a "Hunsdon" diameter of 24' <1>. There are six gun apertures <3>.Two of which have Turnball machine gun mounting pins which allowed a steel cradle to be suspended upon which machine guns could be mounted <2>.
<1> Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs, 3.6.1992 (Unpublished document). SHT3718.
<2> Nash, F & Tyler, S Hertfordshire County Council, Allen's Green (RAF Sawbridgeworth) SMR Updates November 2001 (Bibliographic reference). SHT7275.
<3> Scheduled Monument description, 18.3.2004 (Scheduling record). SHT9990.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Unpublished document: Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs. 3.6.1992. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Nash, F & Tyler, S Hertfordshire County Council, Allen's Green (RAF Sawbridgeworth) SMR Updates November 2001. |
| <3> | Scheduling record: Scheduled Monument description. 18.3.2004. |
Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.