Summary

Pillbox visible on aerial photographs of 1945.

Full description

Contemporary records state, 'Pillbox. O.S. No. 1360, east side of Layer Road, near junction of Berechurch Hall Road. Map ref. 427409' (Mil. Ed.) <1>
This pillbox can be seen, indistinctly, on an aerial photograph taken in March 1945. It stood on the east side of Layer Road some 80/100 yards north of a similar pillbox on the west side (see 20539). Open fields in 1945, the area is now greensward fronting housing. <2>

<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Colchester p.3 (LIST). SEX31436.

<2> RAF, 1945, 106G-LA 170-2014, March 1945 (AP). SEX61336.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

• Colchester - Southern Perimeter WWII Defences (Ref: ?)
• Colchester - Lexden to Mersea Road by Fred Nash (Ref: Nash COL Apr-Aug 2001)

Sources and further reading

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