| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), sea wall, Great Wakering |
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| SMR Number: | 10816 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 968 870 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ98NE |
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| Parish: | GREAT WAKERING, ROCHFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
An hexagonal pillbox on the sea wall.
Full description
FEBRUARY 1993: An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows an hexagonal pillbox on the sea wall at this point. An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows it to have been demolished by that date. <1> <2>
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1496-4411 (AP). SEX61644.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 36 - 113 (AP). SEX61645.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Area: Rochford 4
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 81_1
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Rochford 6
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 81
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1496-4411. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 36 - 113. |
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