Second World War anti tank cubes, South of Lower Burnham Road (EHER 81673)

Five concrete anti-tank cubes can be clearly seen on an aerial photograph taken in May 1946 running South of and parallel to Lower Burnham Road, and are recorded in a contemporary record. All five cubes were recorded is extant in 2003, and can be very clearly seen on aerial imagery from 2020.

November 2002-January 2003. World War Two Defences in Maldon survey: site visit and desktop research Contemporary records state, '5 Concrete Cubes. Stamfords Farm, Field S.E. of Rectory. Map ref. 357173 (Mil. Ed.)'. <1> The map reference is clearly incorrect as the rectory is at MGR 335172 and the five concrete cubes still surviving, albeit uprooted, are in the field SE of the rectory. These cubes can be clearly seen on an aerial photograph taken in May 1946 running South of and parallel to Lower Burnham Road, from the North edge of the water tower Eastwards. The water tower is still extant (EHER 40771) and the five-foot-square cubes lie by the hedge, just inside the fields. <2> They were probably emplaced to avoid the road barrier (EHER 20634), which would have crossed Lower Burnham Road from one end of the line of cubes, being by-passed. <3> Three photos. <4> All five cubes can be very clearly seen on aerial imagery from 2020, and can be mostly made out on imagery from 2025, though are hidden under considerable overgrowth. <5>