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Name:Pillbox (destroyed), N of railway line
SMR Number:10693
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TM 245 318
Map Sheet:TM23SW
Parish:HARWICH, TENDRING, ESSEX

Summary

Vertical and oblique aerial photographs taken in 1948 and 1949 show an hexagonal pillbox, with its entrance on the SE side, standing on the N side of the railway line.

Full description

Vertical and oblique aerial photographs taken in 1948 and 1949 show an hexagonal pillbox, with its entrance on the SE side, standing on the N side of the railway line. This position is at the W end of a small V-shaped harbour in the River Stour - now reclaimed land. <1> <2>


<1> RAF, 1948, CPE-UK 2534-5129 (AP). SEX42475.


<2> unknown, 1949, 540-194-0066 (AP). SEX42493.

Monument Types

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

Sources and further reading

<1>AP: RAF. 1948. CPE-UK 2534-5129.
<2>AP: unknown. 1949. 540-194-0066.