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Name:Pillbox (destroyed), Harwich International Port
SMR Number:10689
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TM 237 326
Map Sheet:TM23SW
Parish:RAMSEY AND PARKESTON, TENDRING, ESSEX

Summary

Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1948 show an hexagonal pillbox standing on the S side of the railway line at this point.

Full description

Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1948 show an hexagonal pillbox standing on the S side of the railway line at this point. Immediately on its SW side is a wide band of pimples stretching southwestwards to Station Road. <1>


<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1492-4073 (AP). SEX42484.


<2> RAF, 1948, CPE-UK 2534-5092, March 1948 (AP). SEX42485.

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Sources and further reading

<1>AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-4073.
<2>AP: RAF. 1948. CPE-UK 2534-5092. March 1948.