Monument record MCC5106 - WWII Pillbox (destroyed), Malting's Farm, Lexden, Colchester

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Pillbox (destroyed), Malting's Farm, Lexden, Colchester.

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Grid reference TL 9692 2571 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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A low-level aerial photograph taken by the RAF in 1948 shows an hexagonal pillbox, with a central anti-aircraft machine-gun well, standing at the southern corner of a field N of Maltings Farm. By 1960 it had been demolished and by 1970 the A12 roadway had been built, the site being immediately alongside the N carriageway.<1><2><3>

Its pattern was apparently the same as SMR 10945 (MCC4770).

See also <4>.

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  • <1> AP: RAF. 1948. 58-44-5312.
  • <2> AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 13-034.
  • <3> AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1970. Run 97-0419.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 1. Volume 1.

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Jun 15 2020 7:54AM

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