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| HHER Number: | 6937 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | PILLBOX, ALLEN'S GREEN AIRFIELD NORTH, HIGH WYCH |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 32451
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 32451-08: RAF SAWBRIDGEWORTH WORLD WAR II AIRFIELD DEFENCES
- SHINE: WW2 Air Defences,medieval moat & ph earthworks in and surrounding Mathams Wood
Full description
An 18' diameter, hexagonal, brick and concrete pillbox at the edge of Matham's Wood facing N over an open field. Effectively a Type 22 <1> with enlarged gun ports it is of the same design as [6936] but with just two gun apertures <2> to the north and north east and an entrance facing towards the airfield <4>. The gun apertures have Turnbull pins (see [6932]) <3>. There are two infantry firing trenches [6990], one either side of the pillbox.
<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 Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs, 4.6.1992 (Unpublished document).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, 18.3.04 (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 | Unpublished document: Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs. 4.6.1992.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. 18.3.04. |
Related records
| 10133 | Part of: ALLEN'S GREEN (SAWBRIDGEWORTH) AERODROME, HIGH WYCH (Monument) |
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