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HHER Number: | 6936 |
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Type of record: | Building |
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Name: | PILLBOX, ALLEN'S GREEN AIRFIELD NW, HIGH WYCH |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- SHINE: WW2 Air Defences,medieval moat & ph earthworks in and surrounding Mathams Wood
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 32451
- Sensitivity Map: pillbox, allen's green
Full description
A hexagonal, brick and concrete pillbox standing on the NW corner of Matham's Wood. This pillbox is effectively a Type 22 <1> as it is only 18' in diameter but other features - large gun apertures (although only measuring 28"x 45" at the outer wall), square entrance - are typical of Hunsdon/Allen's Green pillboxes. In addition, almost uniquely in Herts, only a proportion of the walls contain gun apertures - three in this case. Overall, this pillbox is in very good condition and not at all overgrown <2>. The large gun apertures may be explained by the fact that the pillbox walls are thicker than standard <3>. The gun apertures face N, NE and NW with an entrance to the SE, the direction of the airfield <4>.
<1> Wills, Henry, 1985, Pillboxes, - p28 (Bibliographic reference). SHT4015.
<2> Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs, 4.6.1992 (Unpublished document). SHT3718.
<3> Nash, F & Tyler, S Hertfordshire County Council, Allen's Green (RAF Sawbridgeworth) SMR Updates November 2001 (Bibliographic reference). SHT7275.
<4> Scheduled Monument description, 18.3.2004 (Scheduling record). SHT9990.
Sources and further reading
<1> | Bibliographic reference: Wills, Henry. 1985. Pillboxes. - p28. |
<2> | Unpublished document: Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs. 4.6.1992. |
<3> | Bibliographic reference: Nash, F & Tyler, S Hertfordshire County Council, Allen's Green (RAF Sawbridgeworth) SMR Updates November 2001. |
<4> | Scheduling record: Scheduled Monument description. 18.3.2004. |
Related records
10133 | Part of: ALLEN'S GREEN (SAWBRIDGEWORTH) AERODROME, HIGH WYCH (Monument) |
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