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| HHER Number: | 6941 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | PILLBOX, ALLEN'S GREEN AIRFIELD EAST |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 32451-08: RAF SAWBRIDGEWORTH WORLD WAR II AIRFIELD DEFENCES
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 32451
- SHINE: WW2 Air Defences,medieval moat & ph earthworks in and surrounding Mathams Wood
Full description
21' diameter, hexagonal, brick and concrete pillbox almost totally hidden in trees and thicket on the E side of Matham's Wood. Typically Allen's Green type with large gun apertures (three) most of the outer brickwork has fallen off. The whole site is heavily overgrown and difficult of access <1>. The wall thickness is a 'remarkable 5' 6" across'. The floor has been raised to combat flooding and hence the interior head height appears to be lower than ususal <2>.
<1> Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs, 9.6.1992 (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs. 9.6.1992. |
| <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. |
Related records
| 10133 | Part of: ALLEN'S GREEN (SAWBRIDGEWORTH) AERODROME, HIGH WYCH (Monument) |
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