Summary

Site of pillbox.

Full description

Contemporary records state, 'Pillbox O.S. No. 1646, road verge at east side of Berechurch Road near Rosary. Map ref. ??5406' (Mil. Ed.) <1>
This pillbox can be faintly seen on aerial photographs taken in March 1945 and April 1946. Standing on the east side of a bend in Berechurch Road. Together with a similar pillbox on the other side of the road (see 20544) it would have constituted the outer defences of Colchester against an attack from the south. <2> <3>
The type cannot be determined from the aerial photographs although it can be seen to have been small - probably a type FW3/22. <4>

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

<2> RAF, 1945, 106G-LA 170-2013 (AP). SEX61327.

<3> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1367-7358 (AP). SEX61328.

<4> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, p. 28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)? (WWII, Modern - 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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