| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), New Bridge, West Bergholt |
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| SMR Number: | 10951 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 955 266 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL92NE |
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| Parish: | WEST BERGHOLT, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed), New Bridge, West Bergholt
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in 1947 shows a small hexagonal pillbox apparently a Type FW3/22 standing on the S side of the road junction a few yards S of New Bridge. The entrance was on the S side. An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows it to have been demolished by that date. <1> <2> <3>
<1> RAF, 1947, CPG-UK2302-5037 (AP). SEX61823.
<2> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, measured plan p.28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.
<3> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 13-035 (AP). SEX61829.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1947. CPG-UK2302-5037. |
| <2> | DESC TEXT: Wills, H. 1985. Pillboxes. measured plan p.28. |
| <3> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 13-035. |
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