| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), R. Colne, NE Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 10902 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 006 256 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM02NW |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
An hexagonal pillbox with its entrance on the SW side.
Full description
1:1250 map no. TM0025NE dated 1971 shows the shape of an hexagonal pillbox with its entrance on the SW side standing on the W fringe of a wood facing the R. Colne a 100 yards to the NE. Part of this pillbox can be seen on an aerial photograph taken in 1970. <1> <2>
The area is now part of a housing development.
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1945-present, 1:2500 (Map). SEX60991.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1970, Run 101-2085 (AP). SEX61757.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1945-present. 1:2500. 1:2500. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1970. Run 101-2085. |
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