An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows a complex of anti-tank pimples crossing the narrow part of a meadow from the R. Colne to Cymbeline Way. There are five rows, approx. 90 pimples in all. There are indications - marks on the roadway and on the S side - that this barrier continued across the road, almost certainly in the form of sockets and railway lines, and across the verge on the S side of Cymbeline Way to an embankment. Below this embankment was probably marshy ground, now a wide pond. This barrier would have effectively sealed off the approach to Colchester along Cymbeline Way.<1><2>

This very band of anti-tank pimples can be seen clearly in the background of a wartime photograph of the Colchester Home Guard on exercises. It was taken in August 1942, on exercise 'Crack'.<3>

There are now no signs of the anti-tank obstacles. One photo of site.<4>

See also <5>.