Site of Second World War road barrier, East of Tyle Hall, Lower Burnham Road (EHER 20635)

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Summary

Now destroyed. A road barrier is described in this location by a Second World War document. When visited in 2002-2003, there was no positive indication on the ground where it may have been located.

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Grid reference	TQ 8934 9867 (point)
Civil Parish	LATCHINGDON, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

ROAD BARRIER (Second World War - 1939 AD (at some time) to 1945 AD (at some time))

Description

November 2002-January 2003. World War Two Defences in Maldon survey: site visit and desktop research Contemporary records state, 'Road Barrier. Road No. N. 905, East of Tyle Hall. Map ref. 339171 (Mil. Ed.)'. <1> Nothing of this road barrier can be made out on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and there is no positive indication on the ground where it may have been located. The NGR above is, therefore, a position on Lower Burnham Road immediately East of Tyle Hall. <2>

Sources

<1> SEX31436 LIST: Essex County Council. 1968. War Time Contraventions. Latchingdon.
<2> SEX70631 Report: Nash, F.. 2010. Survey of World War Two Defences in the District of Maldon: Volume Two.

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