Contemporary records state, “5 Concrete Cubes. 275 Old Heath Road, Colchester.” These anti-tank blocks can be clearly seen on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1948. They ran in a line across the garden of not No. 275 but No. 287, from W to E, on the N side of the house.<1><2>

With the demolition of Old Heath Cottage and the construction of houses on the site, it is believed that some of the original houses were re-numbered, and the wartime 275 became the present 287. Nothwithstanding this, it is difficult to understand the siting of these cubes. The anti-tank defence line apparently crossed Old Heath Road some yards to the N, at TM 0162 2300, and the positioning of these obstacles thus appears unnecessary.

See also <3> & <4>.