Monument record MCC4068 - WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Sheepen Hill Estate', Lexden, Colchester

Summary

Nissen-hut type ammunition shelter.

Location

Grid reference TL 9818 2529 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Contemporary records state, "Apron Wiring, section posts and M.G. posts, tubular scaffolding, ammunition shelters. O.S. No. 651, 652, 496, 497, etc., Sheepen Hill Estate. Map ref. 434438" (Mil. Ed.) <1>

One of the ammunition shelters can be seen on aerial photographs taken in May 1946 and May 1948 standing just a few yards E of the extant pillbox on the hilltop (SMR 10934/MCC4759). This is the southern boundary of Hilly Fields nature area. The shelter can be seen to have been a 'nissen-type' with a curved roof. Nothing of it now remains.<2><3>

See also <4> & <5>.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Colchester.
  • <2> AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-4275. May 1946.
  • <3> AP: RAF. 1948. 58-47-5236. May 1948.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 1. Volume 1.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 2. Volume 2.

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Jun 17 2020 9:38AM

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