| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Sewage Works, Hythe Marshes |
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| SMR Number: | 10882 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 023 233 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM02SW |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox and A/T ditch S.E. corner of Sewage Works, near Hythe Quay.
Full description
Contemporary records state, “Pillbox and A/T ditch S.E. corner of Sewage Works, near Hythe Quay. Map ref. 471416”. (Mil. Ed.). <1>
A low-level aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows an hexagonal pillbox on the W side of the track by the R. Colne at this point. The entrance is on the W side. <2>
This position is now grain silos.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Colchester (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1948, 58-69-5197 (AP). SEX61737.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Colchester. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1948. 58-69-5197. |
Related records
| 10883 | Related to: Anti-Tank Obstacles (destroyed), Sewage Works, Hythe Marshes (Monument) |
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