| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), NE of recreation ground, East Street, Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 10897 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 006 254 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM02NW |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox
Full description
Contemporary records state, "Pillbox. O.S. No. 667, East Street (East Mills, moorings W. of river). Map ref. 454437" (Mil. Ed.). <1>
This pillbox can be seen on an aerial photograph taken by the RAF in 1948 standing at the NE corner of the recreation ground facing across the river a few yards away. It was hexagonal with the entrance on the W side. <2>
There is now no sign of this pillbox
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Colchester (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1948, 58-69-5138 (AP). SEX61752.
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. 58-69-5138. |
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