| Name: | Pillbox/Gun Emplacement (destroyed), Colne Bank Avenue, Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 10924 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 990 259 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL92NE |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox/Gun Emplacement (destroyed), Colne Bank Avenue, Colchester
Full description
A low-level aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows what appears to be a large bunker on the N side of Colne Bank Avenue. This position is approx. 90 yards W of the bridge across the R. Colne. The structure is perhaps 25 feet square, with chamfered corners, and the entrance is on the W side. <1>
It is probable that this was an artillery pillbox covering the approach across the bridge.
An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows it to have been demolished by that date. <2>
<1> RAF, 1948, 58-47-5124 (AP). SEX61801.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 13-032 (AP). SEX61802.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1948. 58-47-5124. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 13-032. |
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