| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), between Berechurch Road and Mersea Road, Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 20549 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 999 229 |
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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 April 1946 shows an hexagonal pillbox standing S of a track which ran between Berechurch Road and Mersea Road. The entrance can be seen on the N face. This position was only a few yards N of the anti-tank ditch which guarded S Colchester and the pillbox, which would have overlooked the ditch, was probably of the large 20’ diameter type. <1>
Nothing now remains and the site is occupied by the tennis courts by The Ormiston Centre, and sports complex.
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1367-7357 (AP). SEX64248.
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. 1946. 106G-UK 1367-7357. |
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