Monument record MCC5337 - WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), Berechurch Hall Road, Berechurch, Colchester

Summary

Road Barrier (destroyed).

Location

Grid reference TL 9969 2190 (point)
Map sheet TL92SE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

During World War Two an anti-tank ditch ran N to S on each side of Berechurch Hall Road. The crossing point was bridged by a road barrier by, what is now, No. 83. Contemporary records state, "Concrete pimples. Rampart Lodge, 6 Berechurch Hall Road. Map ref. ?44402." (Mil. Ed.) <1>

Aerial photographs taken in August 1945 and April 1946 show a number of these anti-tank pimples, both on the N side of the road opposite Rampart Lodge and in the field on the E side of the house. In 1954/55 the house was re-numbered from No. 6 to No. 83.<2><3><4>

No pimples have survived on the N side of the road and none were apparent (viewed from the roadway) in the field on the S side.

See also <5> & <6>.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Colchester.
  • <2> AP: RAF. 1945. 106G-UK 593-4111.
  • <3> AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1367-7357.
  • <4> LIST: Benham. 1954-1955. Benham's Colchester Directories.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 1. Volume 1.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007.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 11:18AM

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