Site of possible Second World War pillbox, near Adam Bridge (EHER 82884)

Now destroyed. A probable Second World War pillbox is visible on aerial photographs but was removed by October 1950.

NRHE data transfer: A probable Second World War pillbox is visible on aerial photographs but was removed by October 1950. The site is centred at TL 5207 3792 and comprises a rectangular structure which was disguised to aerial reconnaissance by the addition of a pitched roof on aerial photographs taken in 1946. The roof had been removed on aerial photographs taken in 1949, when a small flat roofed rectangular structure is visible. This has been removed on aerial photographs taken in 1950. The site's location within an arable field, orientation NNW/SSE with its long axis perpendicular to Adam's Bridge affording a good field of fire for the contemporary road block, camouflage and swift removal all suggest it was a Second World War pillbox. As such, it was one of a number of similar defensive features constructed along the river Cam in 1940-1941, within the Audley End Defence Area (Number 70) and formed part of the GHQ Line (Essex). <1> - <4> See also: <5>