| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), E of coastal artillery site, West Mersea |
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| SMR Number: | 10021 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 020 124 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM01SW |
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| Parish: | WEST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox.
Full description
Shown on the same plan as that referred to in Site Record No. 10020 is "LG No.2" - a pillbox in the SE corner of the coastal artillery site at West Mersea. This pillbox is recalled locally; the position is now occupied by a childrens playground.<1> Wills lists this as a "destroyed, polygonal, brick and concrete pillbox at TM 020 123.<2> One photo of site.<3>
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, West Mersea (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> Wills, H, 1993, LIST by Wills, H in collection of Fred Nash (LIST). SEX31450.
<3> Nash, Fred, 1993, SMR, one frame (Photograph). SEX31432.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. West Mersea. |
| <2> | LIST: Wills, H. 1993. LIST by Wills, H in collection of Fred Nash. |
| <3> | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1993. SMR. one frame. |
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