Thesaurus Term/Concept: AMMUNITION SHELTER

Identifier -30
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Candidate
Index? Yes
Scope Note Ammunition shelters were built throughout Essex during World War Two, often within easy reach of a Home Guard defence position. They were primarily of two types, a small Nissen hut with a curved corrugated iron roof and a rectangular brick-built shelter.

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Monument Type MCC4065 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4066 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5287 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5288 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5289 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5290 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5291 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5292 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5293 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5294 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5295 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5296 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5541 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Arclight Works, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4095 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), behind Rose Inn, Peldon (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5525 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Birchwood House, Ipswich Road, Dedham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5477 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Boxted Lodge, Boxted (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5527 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Bridgewick Hall, Chappel (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5499 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Church Hall, Wormingford (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5520 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Dedham Mill, Dedham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5522 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Dedham Mill, Dedham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5471 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Hall grounds, Little Horkesley (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5543 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Hythe Station Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5501 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), near Post Office, Fordham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5369 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Place Farm, Old Heath, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4071 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Rutland House', Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4072 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Rutland House', Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5483 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), school grounds, Layer-de-la-Haye (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4067 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Seed & Trial Grounds', Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4068 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Sheepen Hill Estate', Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5528 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Smithy, Fordstreet (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5529 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), The Bakery, West Bergholt (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4091 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), The Gate Poultry Farm, Abberton (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5542 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), The Old Rectory, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5534 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Tower Road, Wivenhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5526 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), W of Watch House Farm, Chappel (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4069 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Westacre', Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5473 WWII Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Woodlands Farm, Great Horkesley (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5518 WWII Ammunition Shelter, Fiddlers Wood, Fordham Bridge (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5480 WWII Ammunition Shelter, The Bungalow, Heckfordbridge, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5374 WWII Underground "Bunker", Cistern Yard, Colchester (Monument)