Site Event/Activity record ECC2329 - Tank trap dug along Bluebottle Grove, Colchester, 1940

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Location Bluebottle Grove, Colchester
Grid reference Centred TL 9762 2429 (1m by 0m)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Hall, A. F. (Mr)

Date

1940

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During the construction of a tank trap during WWII, A.F. Hall recorded that the southern Bluebottle Grove's ditch was seen to overly the ditch of Heath Farm Dyke.<1> (The trap apparently recut in 1943 when further observations were made)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Serial: Hawkes, Christopher, F. C. & Crummy, Philip. 1995. CAR 11: Camulodunum II. 11. p.32.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Bluebottle Grove Dyke, Colchester (Monument)
  • Heath Farm Dyke Middle, Colchester (Monument)
  • Heath Farm Dyke North, Colchester (Monument)

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Mar 18 2016 1:51PM

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