| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Rutland House, No. 121 Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 20512 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 981 251 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL92NE |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
pillbox
Full description
Contemporary records state, "Wiring, concrete blocks, pillboxes, etc. Meadow adjoining Rutland House, Lexden Road. Map ref. 428434" (Mil. Ed.) <1>
One of the pillboxes can be made out on an aerial photograph taken in June 1960. It stood on the E boundary of the meadow to the E of Rutland House (now No. 121) and was hexagonal with its entrance on the S face. In May 1946 this area was beneath trees and thus cannot be seen on aerial photographs of this date. <2>
The area has now been built over by the houses and gardens of Endsleigh Court.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Colchester (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 14-059, June 1960 (AP). SEX64115.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Colchester - Lexden to Mersea Road by Fred Nash (Ref: Nash COL Apr-Aug 2001)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Colchester. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 14-059. June 1960. |
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