Second World War pillbox and gun emplacement at Parsonage Farm (EHER 10493)

A Second World War type 28a anti-tank gun emplacement, positioned now between garden fence and field. It is built in concrete with brick shuttering and a corrugated iron interior. The pillbox faces eastwards.

On the east boundary of a large field, immediately behind houses, stands an FW3/28A concrete pillbox. <1> Originally it was built to house a 6-pounder gun. The mounting pedestal is no longer extant but the letters 'C' and 'X' have been painted in blue on each side of the pedestal position. The Bren-gun chamber is on the east side. Unusually, much of the corrugated iron sheeting used as shuttering is still attached to the internal walls. The houses have been built since WWII and the pillbox was sited to face the bridge at Church End some 150 yards away. <2> Two photos of site. <3> NRHE data transfer: Anti-tank gun emplacement, positioned now between garden fence and field. Bren-gun chamber on south side. Corrugated iron inside. Polygonal pillbox of roughly brick shuttered concrete. Five embrasures with two covering door. Irregular hexagon. No interior blast wall; some L/H shutters, camouflage hooks. Some bricks of outer shuttering have fallen off. Located at Great Dunmow. <4>