Monument record MCC5296 - WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester

Summary

Nissen-hut type ammunition shelter.

Location

Grid reference TL 9843 2564 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Contemporary records state, "Apron Wiring, section posts and M.G. posts, tubular scaffolding, ammunition shelters. O.S. Nos. 651, 652, 496, 497, etc., Sheepen Hill Estate. Map ref. 434438" (Mil. Ed.) <1>

This ammunition shelter, a "nissen-hut" type, can be seen on aerial photographs taken in May 1946 and May 1948, standing in an open field 100 yards S of Cymbeline Way.<2><3>

The area is now the grass and trees of Hilly Fields nature area.

See also <4> & <5>.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Colchester.
  • <2> AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-4275. May 1946.
  • <3> AP: RAF. 1948. 58-47-5299. May 1948.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 1. Volume 1.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007.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 9:33AM

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