| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Sheepen Bridge, Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 10927 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 984 259 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL92NE |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed), Sheepen Bridge, Colchester
Full description
A low-level aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows an hexagonal pillbox standing on the S side of the R. Colne by the Sheepen Bridge. The entrance is on the SE face. However, on an aerial photograph taken in 1946 it can be seen that the bridge had been demolished and contemporary records state, "Destruction of footbridge when river was widened as A/T ditch. Footbridge from Water Lane over River Colne. Map ref. 434444." (Mil. Ed.) <1> <2>
The site is now open ground.
<1> RAF, 1948, 58-47-5023 (AP). SEX61803.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1492-4194 (AP). SEX61804.
<3> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968 (LIST). SEX31436.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1948. 58-47-5023. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-4194. |
| <3> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. |
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