Contemporary records state, "Concrete firing post in N.E. corner and 2 sand-bagged defence posts. Garden of Old Heath Cottage and meadow adjoining. Map ref. ?64413" (Mil. Ed.) <1>

Considering the lie of the land and the fields of fire, the concrete firing post probably stood in the N.E. corner of the meadow (to the W of Old Heath Cottage) rather than the garden. From here it would have looked down on the anti-tank ditch which encircled South Colchester. Old Heath Cottage no longer survives and this entire area has been re-developed.