Monument record MCC5300 - WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Park Road, Lexden, Colchester

Summary

Spigot mortar emplacement.

Location

Grid reference TL 9818 2480 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Contemporary records state, "Spigot mortar position and slit trenches in S.E. corner. Field at rear of St. Mary’s Lodge in S.E. corner of Park Road. Map ref. 430430" (Mil. Ed.) <1>

What may be the spigot mortar emplacement can be seen, indistinctly, on an aerial photograph taken in May 1946 as a pinpoint of white matching the known, extant, spigot mortar pedestal on the opposite corner of the bend (SMR 20519/MCC5301). This position is a grass verge where the bend of Park Road turns through a right-angle.

See also <2> & <3>.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Colchester.
  • <2> AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-4276. May 1946.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 1. Volume 1.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 2. Volume 2.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jun 17 2020 10:12AM

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