Site of Second World War Road Barrier, Chapel Road, Brightlingsea (EHER 10740)

Site of Second World War Road Barrier, now destroyed, Chapel Road, Brightlingsea.

Analysed in 1996: Contemporary records state, "Sockets for bent rail barriers and mining preparations. Various roads in Brightlingsea- High Street, Chapel Road, Tower, Sydney, Silcott and Duke Streets". Also "Concrete blocks. Front garden of 118, Chapel Road, Brightlingsea". <1> This road barrier blocked the NE route into Brightlingsea. Analysed in 2009 during the Defence of Tendring survey: The concrete blocks in the front garden of No. 118 were clearly part of a road barrier crossing Chapel Road to block the NE approach into the town. No. 118 is, in fact, a bungalow which can be seen on 1946 aerial photographs as one of a row here. They still survive but there is no sign of the concrete blocks. The opposite side of the road, countryside in 1946, is now a housing development.