Monument record 1509600000 - Lodge Hill

Summary

LAA Battery: Location of Bofors Gun (removed)

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEMENT (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Description

Approximate location of a Bofors gun sited to provide local air defence for the Prime Ministers country house at Chequers. Location sourced from a map found in the National Archives at Kew. EDOBID e28570 (B1).

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  • <1>XYSBC25359 Digital archive: UK Pillbox Study Group. 2020. UK Pillbox Study Group - Database of Modern Defence Sites. [Mapped feature: #44539 ]

Location

Grid reference SP 84890 06230 (point)
Civil Parish ELLESBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Historic map interpretation (EBC18254)

Record last edited

Oct 13 2020 3:42PM

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