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Essex HER

Name:Pillbox (destroyed) at Holland Hall Farm
SMR Number:10051
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TM 227 192
Map Sheet:TM21NW
Parish:FRINTON AND WALTON, TENDRING, ESSEX

Summary

ECC archives lists "two pillboxes at Hall Farm, Great Holland.

Full description

ECC archives lists "two pillboxes at Hall Farm, Great Holland. Map Ref. 675373". This is an old-style map reference and equates to the current NGR TM 2273 1927. <1> The wartime owner of Holland Hall Farm, recalls that the pillbox stood on the hillside at the junction of three hedges overlooking Frinton and the coast. This exactly lines up with the above map reference. <2> One photo of site. <3>


<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Great and Little Holland (LIST). SEX31436.


<2> Wartime owner, unknown, PERS COMM by Wartime owner (Artifact). SEX31501.


<3> Nash, Fred, 1993, SMR, one frame (Photograph). SEX31432.

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Sources and further reading

<1>LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Great and Little Holland.
<2>Artifact: Wartime owner. unknown. PERS COMM by Wartime owner.
<3>Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1993. SMR. one frame.