| Name: | Pillbox, on sea wall, E of Middle Wick |
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| SMR Number: | 10017 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TR 031 987 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR09NW |
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| Parish: | SOUTHMINSTER, MALDON, ESSEX |
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Summary
A pillbox stood on the sea wall.
Full description
A pillbox is listed in contemporary records as having stood "on sea wall" at 477170 (Military Grid Reference).<1> This is confirmed locally. After it was destroyed by floods the remains were left by the sea wall.<2> Visited in 1993, the remains were, in fact, discovered 10 yards to the E of the wall on the saltings. Two photos of site.<3>
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Southminster (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> local resident, unknown, PERS COMM by wartime landowner (Verbal communication). SEX31451.
<3> Nash, Fred, 1993, SMR, two frames (Photograph). SEX31432.
<4> Tyler, Sue, 1997, CP/97/26/5 (AP). SEX58316.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Southminster. |
| <2> | Verbal communication: local resident. unknown. PERS COMM by wartime landowner. |
| <3> | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1993. SMR. two frames. |
| <4> | AP: Tyler, Sue. 1997. CP/97/26/5. |
Images
 Pillbox (destroyed) E of Middle Wick © Essex County Council | |
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