Monument record MCC5119 - WWII Pillbox (destroyed), W of Ford Street Hill, Ford Street, Aldham
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 9217 2664 (13m by 15m) |
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Map sheet | TL92NW |
Civil Parish | ALDHAM, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Full Description
Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1949 show what was probably a pillbox in a field 30 yards W of Fordstreet Hill. Its shape is indistinct. In this position it would have been 90 yards NW of the pillbox at TL 9225 2662 (SMR 10975/MCC4787) and would have overlooked, from a high hillside, the former path of the anti-tank ditch (SMR 10976/MCC5115) and road barrier (SMR 10977/MCC5117) around the S side of Fordstreet 150 yards to the N.<1><2>
An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows no sign of the pillbox.<3>
Each of the bridges across the R. Colne Eastern Command Line appears to have been covered by an FW3/28 artillery pillbox during WWII. One visible long, straight edge plus the very close proximity of the infantry pillboxes suggests that this may have been an FW3/28 sited to cover the road barrier on Fordstreet Hill where the Eastern Command Line followed the anti-tank ditch across the road.
See also <4>.
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Record last edited
Jun 15 2020 8:14AM