Second World War pillbox on the west boundary of the Canewdon radar transmitter site, south of Gardeners Lane (EHER 20781)

A Second World War Type FW3/22 pillbox on the west boundary of the Canewdon radar 'transmitter site' (EHER 19575), south of Gardeners Lane. Most of the pillbox is backed into dense thicket and concealed from view.

July 2003. World War Two Defences in Rochford survey: site visit and desktop research. Halfway down the west side of the wartime 'Transmitter Site' at Canewdon (EHER 19575) is a concrete, hexagonal Type FW3/22 pillbox. Along this boundary of the site there is an overgrown ditch and the concrete raft which the pillbox stands on hangs partly over this. Most of the pillbox is backed into dense thicket and thus could not be seen at the time of the site visit. The faces that can be seen have the standard 12” x 10” loopholes. Around the top of the pillbox, like a number of those at Canewdon, reinforcement rods stick up. It is not known what these may have been for (see EHER 20767). <1> One photo of site. <2> <3> NRHE data transfer: 1995-2002. Defence of Britain survey. Type 22 pillbox sited on the West side of RAF Canewdon site 2. <4> <5>