Summary

Pillbox (destroyed), Lee-over-Sands

Full description

1996: Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1960 show an hexagonal pillbox, apparently an FW3/22, on the sea wall where it bends from SW/NE to E/W. The entrance can be seen on the N side. <1> <2> <3>
An aerial photograph taken in 1990 shows no sign of it <4>

2009: Visited in November 2009, nothing appears to survive of the pillbox.

<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-4016 (AP). SEX61528.

<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 21-073 (AP). SEX61511.

<3> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, measured plan p.28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.

<4> Aerofilms, 1990, Run 12-5673 (AP). SEX61513.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)? (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 Nov 2009 (Ref: Nash TEN Nov 2009)

Sources and further reading

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