| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Oak Corner, Woodham Mortimer, Maldon |
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| SMR Number: | 20554 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 806 046 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL80SW |
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| Parish: | WOODHAM MORTIMER, MALDON, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed)
Full description
Contemporary records state, "Pill box. Oak Corner Cottage." <1> Oak Corner is to the W of Woodham Mortimer and the cottage and grounds stands in its S quadrant.
An aerial photograph taken in May 1946 shows no apparent sign of the pillbox and nothing of it now remains. <2>
Without more evidence the exact site is not known. The NGR above is that of the cottage.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Woodham Mortimer (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1496-4059 (AP). SEX64829.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- WWII sites around Woodham Mortimer and Cold Norton - visit by F.Nash (Ref: Nash MAL Nov 2001)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Woodham Mortimer. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1496-4059. |
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