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Essex HER

Name:Pillbox (destroyed), Lee-over-Sands
SMR Number:10751
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TM 106 123
Map Sheet:TM11SW
Parish:ST OSYTH, TENDRING, ESSEX

Summary

Pillbox (destroyed),Lee-over-Sands

Full description

An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows what may be the indistinct shape of a pillbox in the sand S of a small lagoon. <1>
There is no sign of it on an aerial photograph taken in 1960. <2>
The site has not been visited.


<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-3007 (AP). SEX61517.

<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 21-073 (AP). SEX61511.

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>AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3007.
<2>AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 21-073.