Monument record MCC5491 - WWII Road Barrier (destroyed), Maypole Road/Kelvedon Road, Tiptree
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 8927 1673 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL81NE |
Civil Parish | TIPTREE, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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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> SEX67617 AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1367-5155. Apr 1946.
- <2> SCC74374 Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 1. Volume 1.
- <3> SCC74375 Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 2. Volume 2.
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Record last edited
Jun 18 2020 10:01AM