| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Middle Mill Bridge, R.Colne, Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 10913 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 997 256 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL92NE |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed), Middle Mill Bridge, R.Colne, Colchester
Full description
Contemporary records state, "Pillbox. O.S. No. 635, at Choppings Mill, adj. Castle Park. Map ref. 445440" (Mil. Ed.). OS Field No.635 is immediately N of Middle Mill bridge. In addition is the entry, "Pillbox. Footpath, Middle Mill Bridge". Map ref. illegible, possibly 445443. <1>
It is possible that these entries refer to the same pillbox which may have stood on the footpath immediately N of the bridge. However, there is no sign of it on an aerial photograph taken in 1946. <2>
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968 (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1492-4273-6 (AP). SEX61784.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-4273-6. |
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