| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed) Allotments opposite "The Leather Bottle", Shrub End Road, Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 20533 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 971 232 |
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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, "Pillbox. Allotments opposite "Leather Bottle" at junction of Maldon and Gosbecks Roads. Map ref. 418415" (Mil. Ed.) <1> One of a pair guarding the road junction and approach into Colchester (see SMR 20532), this pillbox stood close to the E side of Shrub End Road, 25 yards from its junction with Gosbecks Road. It can be clearly seen on an aerial photograph taken in March 1945 - hexagonal (probably an FW3/22 type), with its entrance on the NW face. From this position it would have had a field of fire to the E (across the allotments) and the NE. <2>
This position is now Shrub End Social Centre.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Colchester (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1945, 106G-LA 170-2016 (AP). SEX64231.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)? (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. 1945. 106G-LA 170-2016. |
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