| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), sea wall, St. Osyth |
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| SMR Number: | 10760 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 127 127 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM11SW |
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| Parish: | ST OSYTH, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed), sea wall, St. Osyth
Full description
Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1960 show the shape of a pillbox probably an hexagonal FW3/22 on the sea wall at this point. <1> <2> <3>
Although it can be seen on a 1970 aerial photograph nothing now remains to be seen. <4>
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-4013 (AP). SEX61533.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 21-075 (AP). SEX61546.
<3> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, measured plan p.28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.
<4> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1970, Run 113-2285 (AP). SEX61542.
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: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-4013. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 21-075. |
| <3> | DESC TEXT: Wills, H. 1985. Pillboxes. measured plan p.28. |
| <4> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1970. Run 113-2285. |
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