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Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite including Anti-Tank Blocks on Lippitts Hill is a Second World War defensive installation located in Essex, England. The site comprises a heavy anti-aircraft gun emplacement together with anti-tank blocks positioned to defend against potential ground invasion during the latter stages of the conflict. Such installations formed part of the wider defensive network constructed across southern England following the threat of German invasion, with the anti-tank obstacles reflecting the period's concern with coastal and inland defence. The physical remains of the gunsite and associated anti-tank barriers constitute an important archaeological record of Britain's home front fortifications during the 1940s.
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite including Anti-Tank Blocks on Lippitts Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019487. View the official record →
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite including Anti-Tank Blocks on Lippitts Hill is a Second World War defensive installation located in Essex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019487.
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite including Anti-Tank Blocks on Lippitts Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1019487.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Loughton camp slight univallate hillfort (2.3 km), Waltham Abbey, including gatehouse and Stoney Bridge (4.1 km), The Temple, Temple Hill, Warlies Park (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite including Anti-Tank Blocks on Lippitts Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite including Anti-Tank Blocks on Lippitts Hill stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.