| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed) at Cudmore Grove Country Park |
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| SMR Number: | 10032 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 068 146 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM01SE |
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| Parish: | EAST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
A type FW3/24 (source 1) hexagonal, concrete pillbox is shown on a photograph dated 1974 (source 2).
Full description
1993: A type FW3/24 hexagonal, concrete pillbox is shown on a photograph dated 1974. At that time it lay on the beach although originally it stood on the cliff edge. <1> <2> <3> There is now no trace of it. <4>
<1> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, p31 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.
<2> Hunter, John, 1974, SMR, one frame (Photograph). SEX31475.
<3> unknown, 1960, Reprographics, TM0614 (Map). SEX31472.
<4> Nash, Fred, 1993, SMR, one frame (Photograph). SEX31432.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | DESC TEXT: Wills, H. 1985. Pillboxes. p31. |
| <2> | Photograph: Hunter, John. 1974. SMR. one frame. |
| <3> | Map: unknown. 1960. Reprographics. TM0614. |
| <4> | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1993. SMR. one frame. |
Related records
| 2220 | Related to: Cudmore Grove - see individual associated records (Monument) |
Images
 Searchlight emplacement at Cudmore Grove Country Park © Essex County Council |  Pillbox (destroyed) at Cudmore Grove Country Park © Essex County Council |
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