Summary

WWII pillbox

Full description

Contemporary records state, ‘Wiring. 2 Pill Boxes and Gun Turrets. Field S. of Brook Rd. and rear of Swan Inn. Map ref. 435224.’ (Mil. Ed.) <1>

One of the two pillboxes can be seen on 1945 aerial photographs on the S side of Brook Road (SMR 21306). The other is thought to have been on the N side. The same aerial photographs show four buildings, in a group, in the SE corner of a field close to the road. Two are Nissen huts, one is a long pitched-roof hut and the other is probably a pillbox. The shape is uncertain – straight rear and side faces, unclear front face(s). <2> <3>

Nothing of either of the two pillboxes now survives.

<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Tillingham (LIST). SEX31436.

<2> RAF, 1945, 106G-UK 555-3012, July 1945 (AP). SEX68584.

<3> RAF, 1945, 106G-UK 717-3150, August 1945 (AP). SEX68585.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

• WWII Defences of Maldon - Fred Nash visits November 2008 (Ref: Nash MAL Nov 2008)

Sources and further reading

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