| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), beach, St. Osyth |
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| SMR Number: | 10759 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 125 125 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM11SW |
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| Parish: | ST OSYTH, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed), beach, St. Osyth
Full description
n aerial photograph taken in 1970 shows an hexagonal Type FW3/22 pillbox close to the waters edge on the beach at this point. It can be faintly made out, with its entrance on the landward side, on an aerial photograph taken in 1960 but is not apparent on a 1946 a/p. <1> <2> <3> <4>
A 1981 a/p shows no apparent signs of it <5>
<1> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1970, Run 113-2285 (AP). SEX61542.
<2> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, measured plan p.28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.
<3> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 21-076 (AP). SEX61543.
<4> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-4011 (AP). SEX61544.
<5> Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1981, 25-81-093 (AP). SEX61545.
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)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1970. Run 113-2285. |
| <2> | DESC TEXT: Wills, H. 1985. Pillboxes. measured plan p.28. |
| <3> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 21-076. |
| <4> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-4011. |
| <5> | AP: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1981. 25-81-093. |
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