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Name:Pillbox (destroyed), King Edward Quay, Hythe
SMR Number:10886
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TM 015 242
Map Sheet:TM02SW
Parish:COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Summary

An hexagonal pillbox, with its entrance on the W face.

Full description

A low-level aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows an hexagonal pillbox, with its entrance on the W face, standing on the W side of the road known as King Edward Quay just S of the junction with Haven Road. An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows it to have been demolished by that date. <1> <2>


<1> RAF, 1948, 58-69-5203 (AP). SEX61741.


<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 14 - 062 (AP). SEX61742.

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Sources and further reading

<1>AP: RAF. 1948. 58-69-5203.
<2>AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 14 - 062.