Summary

Pillbox (destroyed), beach, St. Osyth

Full description

An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in 1946 shows what appears to be the indistinct shape of a pillbox standing on the beach at the S end of a row of anti-tank blocks. February 1941 aerial photographs show that although the St. Osyth anti-tank blocks were in position at that date many of the pillboxes had not yet been built and this pillbox appears to have been built after Feb 1941 on the SW side of the small building referred to in SMR 10756. <1> <2>
An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows no sign of it <3>

<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-4013 (AP). SEX61533.

<2> RAF, 1941, BR-259B-1 (AP). SEX61541.

<3> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 21-074 (AP). SEX61535.

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

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