Monument record MCC5491 - WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), Maypole Road/Kelvedon Road, Tiptree

Summary

Road Barrier (destroyed).

Location

Grid reference TL 8927 1673 (point)
Map sheet TL81NE
Civil Parish TIPTREE, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

An aerial photograph taken in April 1946 shows the clear image of a substantial road barrier at the major junction by Windmill Green. A five-row band of anti-tank pimples are anchored to the N side of the small Eastern Electricity building which stood on the E side of the junction between Maypole Road and Church Road. Between this building (no longer extant) and Maypole Road around 25 pimples can be counted. Across the road, the faint marks of sockets can be made out. On the green itself, possibly 13 pimples crossed the southern tip to Kelvedon Road. Again faint socket marks can be seen crossing Kelvedon Road to a building on the W side. TL 8930 1672 - TL 8927 1673. Nothing of the barrier now survives.<1>

See also <2> & <3>.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1367-5155. Apr 1946.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 1. Volume 1.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007.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 18 2020 10:01AM

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