| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Rutland House, No. 121 Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 20514 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 980 249 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL92SE |
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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>
What is thought to be the edge of one of the pillboxes referred to above, can be made out on an aerial photograph taken in May 1948. One obtuse angle can be seen beneath trees on the southern boundary of the meadow bordering Lexden Road. This position continues the line of pillboxes (SMRs 10934, 20512, 20516) and would support a road barrier across Lexden Road (SMR 20513). <2>
This area of Lexden Road has changed considerably. The original site of the meadow has been completely built over.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Colchester (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1948, 58-47-5204, May 1948 (AP). SEX64114.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 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: RAF. 1948. 58-47-5204. May 1948. |
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