Number of records found: 15
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Page: World War TwoWorld War Two had a huge impact on Colchester and its archaeology. Colchester sits on the line of one of three heavily defended anti-invasion defences in Essex, known as the Eastern Command Line. This 'stop line' was designed in response to the thre...
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Monument record: MCC7271 WWII Battery Observation Post (destroyed), West Mersea (Monument)This observation post was part of the WWII coastal artillery site at West Mersea.
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Monument record: MCC7260 WWII Battery Observation Post at Cudmore Grove Country Park, East Mersea (Monument)This was the observation post for the WWII coastal artillery battery at East Mersea.
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Monument record: MCC7257 WWII Pillbox at Cudmore Grove Country Park, East Mersea (Monument)Sitting in a grassy field in Cudmore Grove Country Park, a hexagonal, concrete, 16' diameter pillbox.
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Monument record: MCC7258 WWII Pillbox at Cudmore Grove Country Park, East Mersea (Monument)Hexagonal, concrete pillbox in scrub and thicket at the side of a field 50 yards from the sea shore on Cudmore Grove Country Park.
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Monument record: MCC7259 WWII Searchlight Emplacement at Cudmore Grove Country Park, East Mersea (Monument)This WWII searchlight emplacement was part of the East Mersea coastal artillery battery.
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Monument record: MCC7261 WWII 4.7-inch Gun Emplacement at Cudmore Grove Country Park, East Mersea (Monument)Cudmore Grove Country Park was, during WWII, a coastal artillery site housing 4.7" guns.