| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), sea wall, Harwich |
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| SMR Number: | 10657 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 244 297 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM22NW |
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| Parish: | HARWICH, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows the indistinct shape of a hexagonal pillbox, with an anti-aircraft well on its NW face, on a corner of the sea wall at this point.
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows the indistinct shape of a hexagonal pillbox, with an anti-aircraft well on its NW face, on a corner of the sea wall at this point. <1> An aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows its demolished remains. <2> This corner no longer exists as land reclamation has altered the path of the sea wall.
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1492-4090 (AP). SEX42427.
<2> RAF, 1948, CPE-UK 2534-5175 (AP). SEX42428.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-4090. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1948. CPE-UK 2534-5175. |
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