Monument record MCC5334 - WWII Pillbox (destroyed), between Layer Road and Berechurch Road, Colchester

Summary

Pillbox (destroyed).

Location

Grid reference TL 9901 2301 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Aerial photographs taken in April 1946 and May 1948 show a pillbox on the N side of a track between Layer Road and Berechurch Road. Clearly smaller than those along the Colchester anti-tank ditch, it was probably an hexagonal Type FW3/22.<1><2>

From this position the pillbox would have overlooked the ditch which ran across the fields some 150/200 yards to the S.

Nothing of it now survives and the area is tree-lined agricultural land.

See also <3> & <4>.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1367-7358.
  • <2> AP: RAF. 1948. 58-44-5297.
  • <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 Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007.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 Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007.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 11:11AM

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