| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Westmarsh Point, Brightlingsea |
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| SMR Number: | 10742 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 078 161 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM01NE |
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| Parish: | BRIGHTLINGSEA, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed), Westmarsh Point, Brightlingsea
Full description
1996: An aerial photograph taken in 1941 shows the indistinct shape of a pillbox on the end of Westmarsh Point <1>
2009: Re-visited in October 2009, there are beach huts around the Point. Between them, no positive trace of the pillbox could be made out.
<1> RAF, 1941, 2F-BR49 (AP). SEX61497.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Coastal Defences Survey by Fred Nash (Ref: Nash ESSEX Oct-Nov 1996)
- WWII Defences of Tendring - Fred Nash visits Oct 2009 (Ref: Nash TEN Oct 2009)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1941. 2F-BR49. |
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