| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), coast, Great Wakering |
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| SMR Number: | 10820 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 976 874 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ98NE |
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| Parish: | GREAT WAKERING, ROCHFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
An hexagonal shaped pillbox on the sea wall.
Full description
FEBRUARY 1993: Aerial photographs taken in 1946, 1960 and 1970 show the hexagonal shape of a pillbox on the sea wall at this point. <1> <2> <3>
Nothing now remains
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1496-4412 (AP). SEX61652.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 36 - 113 (AP). SEX61653.
<3> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1970, Run 97 - 0383 (AP). SEX61654.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Rochford 1
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 3
- Historic Environment Character Area: Rochford 3
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1496-4412. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 36 - 113. |
| <3> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1970. Run 97 - 0383. |
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