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Name:Pillbox (destroyed), W of Shaftsbury Avenue
SMR Number:10692
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TM 246 316
Map Sheet:TM23SW
Parish:HARWICH, TENDRING, ESSEX

Summary

Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1948 show an hexagonal pillbox, with its entrance on the NE side, standing in a hedge on the N side of a field W of Shaftsbury Avenue.

Full description

Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1948 show an hexagonal pillbox, with its entrance on the NE side, standing in a hedge on the N side of a field W of Shaftsbury Avenue. <1> <2> The area is now housing.


<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1492-4074 (AP). SEX42490.


<2> RAF, 1948, CPE-UK 2534-5130 (AP). SEX42491.

Monument Types

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

Sources and further reading

<1>AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-4074.
<2>AP: RAF. 1948. CPE-UK 2534-5130.