| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), E side of Layer Road, Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 20536 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 982 231 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL92SE |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in March 1945 shows, very clearly, an hexagonal pillbox standing on the E side of Layer Road. It appears as a small, hexagonal FW3/22 type with its entrance on the E face. Like the similar pillbox on the other side of the road 130 yards to the north, it is difficult to understand its siting, behind the main defence (SMRs 20537, 20538) <1>
This emplacement is referred to in contemporary records as, "Pillbox. W. side of O.S. No. 1366, Layer Road. Map ref. 430414" (Mil. Ed.) <2>
The position is now the grass verge fronting housing.
<1> RAF, 1945, 106G-LA 170-2014 (AP). SEX64235.
<2> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Colchester (LIST). SEX31436.
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> | AP: RAF. 1945. 106G-LA 170-2014. |
| <2> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Colchester. |
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