| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), The Strood, Peldon |
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| SMR Number: | 10731 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 010 153 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM01NW |
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| Parish: | PELDON, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed), The Strood, Peldon
Full description
Contemporary records state, pillbox. 2 meadows opposite Strood Villa, Mersea Road. Map ref. 457338 (Mil. Ed.). <1>
This pillbox can be seen, overlooking Strood Channel from a position 50 yards W of The Strood, on an aerial photograph taken in 1946 but an aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows it to be no longer in existence by that date <2> <3>
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968 (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1367-5137, April 1946 (AP). SEX61494.
<3> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 19-104 (AP). SEX61495.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Coastal Defences Survey by Fred Nash (Ref: Nash ESSEX Oct-Nov 1996)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1367-5137. April 1946. |
| <3> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 19-104. |
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