| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Slipway, Bradwell Waterside |
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| SMR Number: | 10638 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 993 079 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL90NE |
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| Parish: | BRADWELL-ON-SEA, MALDON, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox and defensive wiring.
Full description
Contemporary records state, "Pillbox and defensive wiring. Bradwell Waterside Wharf. Map ref. 440263" (Mil.Ed.). <1> An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in 1945 shows a hexagonal pillbox standing in the middle of the slipway at Bradwell Waterside. <2> An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows no sign of it. <3>
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Bradwell-on-Sea (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1945, 106G-UK 1717-4154 (AP). SEX41598.
<3> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 24-079 (AP). SEX41599.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Bradwell-on-Sea. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1945. 106G-UK 1717-4154. |
| <3> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 24-079. |
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