Contemporary records state, “Loopholes in stable and shed. Stables and shed, adj. Hare and Hounds, Layer Breton, Colchester. June 1940”.<1> The “Hare and Hounds” is a public house which stands on the NE corner of a crossroads at Birch Green. A few yards from its E side, overlooking the crossroads, the “stables and shed” still survives. This is a 30-foot long, wood-clad, single-storey building sub-divided inside into two parts, now apparently used for storage. At the time of the site visit, part of the wooden cladding had come away, revealing an inner wall of both old and new brick. Although at the right height, it is not known if the new brickwork was to seal the wartime loopholes or in fact if they still survive, unseen behind the cladding. Two photos of site.<2>

See also <3> & <4>.