Second World War Observation Post, Cockett Wick Farm, St Osyth (EHER 21345)

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Second World War observation post, now destroyed.

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Grid reference	TM 1337 1422 (point)
Civil Parish	ST OSYTH, TENDRING, ESSEX

Type and Period

OBSERVATION POST (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

War Time Contraventions, 1968 Contemporary records state, “Steel Observation Tower. Cocket Wick Farm, (a) S.W. corner of O.S. No. 840 – grass field N. of farm road. Map ref. 581324.” <1> This field, numbered on 3rd Edition maps, lies north of a sharp bend in the access track to Cockett Wick Farm. July, 1946 Nothing can be seen on an aerial photograph taken in July 1946. <2> Site visit by Fred Nash, 2009 The south-west corner of the field is now a young tree plantation with nothing apparent of the tower. <3>

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<1> SEX31436 LIST: Essex County Council. 1968. War Time Contraventions. St Osyth.
<2> SEX61551 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-4012. July 1946.
<3> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. Nash, 2009.

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