| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), R.Colne, NE Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 10904 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 003 258 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM02NW |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed), R.Colne, NE Colchester
Full description
1:1250 map no. TM0025NW dated 1952 and aerial photographs taken in 1946, 1948, 1960 and 1970 show an hexagonal pillbox with its entrance on the W side. It stood at the N edge of the original brickworks overlooking the R. Colne some 150 yards to the N but was clearly demolished when the present housing development was built as it cannot be seen on a 1980 aerial photograph. <1> <2> <3> <4> <5> <6>
<1> Ordnance Survey, unknown, 1:1250 OS Post War National Grid, TM0025NW, 1952 (Map). SEX64245.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1492-4273-6 (AP). SEX61784.
<3> RAF, 1948, 58-69-5141 + 5144 (AP). SEX61790.
<4> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 13 - 030 (AP). SEX61785.
<5> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1970, Run 101-2084 (AP). SEX61787.
<6> Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1980, 31-80-197 (AP). SEX61788.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. unknown. 1:1250 OS Post War National Grid. TM0025NW, 1952. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-4273-6. |
| <3> | AP: RAF. 1948. 58-69-5141 + 5144. |
| <4> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 13 - 030. |
| <5> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1970. Run 101-2084. |
| <6> | AP: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1980. 31-80-197. |
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