Second World War pillbox at Grove Farm (EHER 20063)

Type 22 pillbox on the west bank of the River Stour, to the east of Grove Farm.

1997. Field visit. On the west bank of the River Stour, in a wide meadow, is an hexagonal, brick and concrete pillbox. Much of the brickwork, originally shuttering within which the concrete was poured, has fallen off and the remainder is deteriorating. The pillbox measures 18’ across and each wall is 10’2 long and approx. 20 thick. The low, semi-sunken, entrance is on the WSW face. In the centre of the roof is an anti-aircraft machine-gun well which has been half-filled with earth. It retains its concrete mounting pedestal although the steel fittings are no longer present. The sawn-off ends of the two cross rails on the roof can be seen although it is not positively known what these were for. The pillbox has steel surrounds measuring 24 x 19 to the loopholes. One photo of site. <1> NRHE data transfer: Type 22 pillbox on the west bank of the River Stour, to the east of Grove Farm. <2>