Monument record MCC5152 - WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), field SW of Mount Bures level crossing, Mount Bures
Summary
Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), field SW of Mount Bures level crossing.
Location
| Grid reference | TL 9065 3267 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL93SW |
| Civil Parish | MOUNT BURES, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Contemporary records state, "a) Pillbox and spigot mortar position. Mount Bures Hall Farm. O.S. No. 76, arable field S.W. of and adj. railway crossing. Map ref. 353508." (Mil. Ed.) and "Spigot mortar position. In vegetable garden, Mount Bures, S.E. of road junction. Map ref. 355511." (Mil. Ed.) <1>
These two entries probably refer to the same site at Mount Bures Hall Farm. O.S. No. 76 is, or was, a field immediately SW of the level crossing now partly built over. The spigot mortar emplacement was probably sited between the field and a vegetable garden which bordered Hall Road and aerial photographs taken in 1946, 1949 and 1960 show, albeit indistinctly, what is probably this site.<2><3><4><5>
See also <6> & <7>.
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SEX31436 LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Bures.
- <2> SEX61899 AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1635-1074.
- <3> SEX61873 AP: RAF. 1949. 58-304-5365.
- <4> SEX61903 AP: RAF. 1960. Run 9-113.
- <5> SEX61905 AP: Tyler, Sue. 1986. 12/6/86.
- <6> SCC74374 Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 1. Volume 1.
- <7> SCC74375 Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007.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 17 2020 8:31AM