| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), E of Laurel Avenue, Harwich |
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| SMR Number: | 10668 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 239 309 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM23SW |
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| Parish: | HARWICH, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1948 show what appears to be a long, hexagonal pillbox, with an anti-aircraft well in its E end, standing some 50 yards E of the Stanier Line anti-tank blocks.
Full description
Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1948 show what appears to be a long, hexagonal pillbox, with an anti-aircraft well in its E end, standing some 50 yards E of the Stanier Line anti-tank blocks. <1> <2> This area is now housing between Laurel Avenue and Blacksmith's Lane..
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1492-4091, May 1946 (AP). SEX42449.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1948, Run 10-105 (AP). SEX42450.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-4091. May 1946. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1948. Run 10-105. |
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