Name: | Pillbox (destroyed) nr 'Rosary', east side of Berechurch Road, Colchester |
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SMR Number: | 20545 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Grid Reference: | TL 987 222 |
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Map Sheet: | TL92SE |
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Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Site of pillbox.
Full description
Contemporary records state, 'Pillbox O.S. No. 1646, road verge at east side of Berechurch Road near Rosary. Map ref. ??5406' (Mil. Ed.) <1>
This pillbox can be faintly seen on aerial photographs taken in March 1945 and April 1946. Standing on the east side of a bend in Berechurch Road. Together with a similar pillbox on the other side of the road (see 20544) it would have constituted the outer defences of Colchester against an attack from the south. <2> <3>
The type cannot be determined from the aerial photographs although it can be seen to have been small - probably a type FW3/22. <4>
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Colchester (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1945, 106G-LA 170-2013 (AP). SEX61327.
<3> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1367-7358 (AP). SEX61328.
<4> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, p. 28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)? (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Colchester - Southern Perimeter WWII Defences (Ref: ?)
- Colchester - Lexden to Mersea Road by Fred Nash (Ref: Nash COL Apr-Aug 2001)
Sources and further reading
<1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Colchester. |
<2> | AP: RAF. 1945. 106G-LA 170-2013. |
<3> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1367-7358. |
<4> | DESC TEXT: Wills, H. 1985. Pillboxes. p. 28. |
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