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Name:Pillbox (destroyed), N side of Cymbeline Way, Colchester
SMR Number:10925
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TL 989 259
Map Sheet:TL92NE
Parish:COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Summary

Pillbox (destroyed), N side of Cymbeline Way, Colchester

Full description

A low-level aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows an hexagonal pillbox, with its entrance on the SW face, standing on the N side of Cymbeline Way. An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows it to have been demolished by that date. <1> <2>


<1> RAF, 1948, 58-47-5124 (AP). SEX61801.


<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 13-031 (AP). SEX61798.

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 13-031.