| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), W bank of River Colne, opposite Wivenhoe |
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| SMR Number: | 10878 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 037 213 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM02SW |
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| Parish: | FINGRINGHOE, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
A pillbox on the seawall facing across to Wivenhoe.
Full description
An aerial photo taken in 1946 shows the indistinct shape of a pillbox on the seawall facing across to Wivenhoe on the other side of the river. An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows it to have been demolished by that date. <1> <2>
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1492-3363 (AP). SEX61729.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 16 - 074 (AP). SEX61730.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-3363. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 16 - 074. |
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