| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), by former A12 Colchester Road |
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| SMR Number: | 10150 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 730 083 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL70NW |
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| Parish: | SPRINGFIELD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows the outline of a hexagonal pillbox standing on the S side of the former A12 Colchester Road.
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows the outline of a hexagonal pillbox standing on the S side of the former A12 Colchester Road. This siting is entirely logical - the anti-tank ditch of the GHQ Line crossing the road some 50 yards to the NE. <1> Nothing of it now remains - the area is now a large roundabout surrounded by industrial units.
<1> RAF, 1946, 1946 RAF aerial photographs (AP). SEX31614.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 2.15
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 2
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 1946 RAF aerial photographs. |
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