Monument record MCC4092 - WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Front garden, 3 Hillcrest Cottages, Abberton

Summary

Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed).

Location

Grid reference TM 0065 1917 (point)
Map sheet TM01NW
Civil Parish ABBERTON, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Contemporary records state, “Spigot mortar position. Front of garden, 3, Hillcrest, Abberton”. The short row of cottages on the E side of Mersea Road are Hillcrest Cottages and No 3 is the northernmost of a semi-detached pair. From here, a spigot mortar would have had an unobstructed view northwards along Mersea Road, guarding the crossroads against an attack from the Colchester direction.<1>

Nothing of it can be made out on an aerial photograph taken in April 1946 and nothing is apparent now. However, since the end of the war the front fences along this stretch have been dropped back from the roadside and it is very possible that the spigot mortar emplacement was sited where the grass verge now is, outside the property.

See also <2> & <3>.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Abberton.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 1. Volume 1.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 2. Volume 2.

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Record last edited

Jun 18 2020 9:47AM

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