Summary

Hexagonal type pillbox

Full description

Contemporary records state, "O.S. No. 1216. Pillbox, sandbagged site, apron wire and conc. blocks ' Magazine Fruit Farm, Park Road. Map ref. 422429" (Mil. Ed.) <1>

The pillbox, an hexagonal type, can be seen on aerial photographs taken in May 1946 and May 1948 standing at the southern edge of a field on the N side of Park Road. Part of a line of pillboxes and road barriers which ran S to N from Shrub End Road to Cymbeline Way, this defence position would have guarded the town against an attack from the west. <2> <3>

The area is now built over by housing.

<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Colchester (LIST). SEX31436.

<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1492-4276, May 1946 (AP). SEX64110.

<3> RAF, 1948, 58-47-5173, May 1948 (AP). SEX64111.

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

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