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Name:Pillbox (destroyed), sea wall, Harwich
SMR Number:10660
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TM 247 300
Map Sheet:TM23SW
Parish:HARWICH, TENDRING, ESSEX

Summary

An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows the indistinct shape of a pillbox, or its half-demolished remains, on the sea wall almost at the E end of the Stanier Line anti-tank fortifications.

Full description

An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows the indistinct shape of a pillbox, or its half-demolished remains, on the sea wall almost at the E end of the Stanier Line anti-tank fortifications. <1> An aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows it to have been removed by that date. <2> The area is now a public car park.


<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.