| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), overlooking anti-tank ditch, Layer Road, Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 20537 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 980 228 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL92SE |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox
Full description
The anti-tank ditch around the south of Colchester ran from Shrub End Road to Layer Road. At TL 9807 2287 the ditch "crossed" Layer Road, probably with a road barrier across the carriageway. It then skirted a pillbox positioned on the E side of Layer Road before heading eastwards. The pillbox can be clearly seen on an aerial photograph taken in March 1945 as a large hexagonal type. <1>
It is referred to, in contemporary records, as "O.S. No. 1365 - A/T ditch, 2 pillboxes and wiring ... Gosbecks Farm, Shrub End. Map ref. 428415" (Mil. Ed.) <2>
The position is now a grass verge S of Salerno Crescent.
<1> RAF, 1945, 106G-LA 170-2014 (AP). SEX64237.
<2> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Colchester (LIST). SEX31436.
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> | AP: RAF. 1945. 106G-LA 170-2014. |
| <2> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Colchester. |
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