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| HHER Number: | 6993 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | POSSIBLE EARTHEN DEFENCE POST/GUN EMPLACEMENT, ALLEN'S GREEN AIRFIELD N |
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Summary
WWII emplacement at Mathams Wood
Monument Types
- MILITARY BUILDING (Twentieth Century - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)
Protected Status
- SHINE: WW2 Air Defences,medieval moat & ph earthworks in and surrounding Mathams Wood
- Area of Archaeological Significance
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 32451
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 32452: MOATED SITE IN MATHAMS WOOD
Full description
An oval earthen mound on the S edge of Mathams Wood. Now grassed over, it is approximately 12m long and 5m wide, and has a shallow depression in the centre. Purpose appears to be military, and it may be the remains of a gun emplacement that formed part of the Allen's Green airfield defences <1>. No structures are shown in this area on a 1944 map of the airfield <2>. It is close to the pillbox [6994].
<1> Stewart Bryant (HCC), Information, Site visit, March 1996 (Verbal communication). SHT5002.
<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> | Verbal communication: Stewart Bryant (HCC). Information. Site visit, March 1996. |
| <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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