| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Hilly Fields, Colchester |
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| SMR Number: | 10933 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 983 254 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL92NE |
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| Parish: | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed), Hilly Fields, Colchester
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows the shape of a pillbox, probably hexagonal, standing in the middle of a field. The entrance can be seen to be on the SE side. An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows it to have been demolished by that date. <1> <2>
From its position the pillbox would have had a commanding view from the hillside of Sheepen Farm north to the R. Colne.
The area is now Hilly Fields nature area.
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1492-4273-6 (AP). SEX61784.
<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 13-032 (AP). SEX61802.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-4273-6. |
| <2> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 13-032. |
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