Site of Second World War Pillbox at the sea wall, Lee-over-Sands (EHER 10748)

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The site of a Second World War Pillbox, now destroyed at the sea wall, Lee-over-Sands

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Grid reference	TM 1011 1265 (point)
Civil Parish	ST OSYTH, TENDRING, ESSEX

Type and Period

PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)? (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

Aerial photographs 1996 Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1960 show an hexagonal pillbox, apparently an FW3/22, on the sea wall at this point. The entrance can be seen on the E side. <1> <2> <3> Aerial photograph 1990 An aerial photograph taken in 1990 shows no sign of it. <4> 2009 Visit 2009: Visited in 2009 by Fred Nash, nothing of the pillbox appears to survive. <5>

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<1> SEX61510 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-4018. July 1946.
<2> SEX61511 Aerial Photograph: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 21-073.
<3> SEX31431 Bibliographic reference: Wills, H.. 1985. Pillboxes: A Study of U.K. Defences 1940. measured plan p.28.
<4> SEX61513 Aerial Photograph: Aerofilms. 1990. Run 12-5673.
<5> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. Nash, 2009.

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