| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), near Malthouse, Hythe |
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| SMR Number: | 10885 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 020 239 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM02SW |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox
Full description
Contemporary records state, "Pillbox. Land adjoining New Quay, Hythe, near Malthouse. Map ref. 468 422" (Mil. Ed.). <1>
An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in 1946 shows an hexagonal pillbox on the W side of a bend in the road known as King Edward Quay. It overlooked the R. Colne just a few yards away and the entrance was on the SW side. <2>
The area is now the car park of a warehouse.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Colchester (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1492-3275 (AP). SEX61740.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Colchester. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-3275. |
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