Second World War pillbox on the sea wall, East of Coney Hall (EHER 10008)

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Summary

A concrete pillbox projecting from the North side of the embankment.

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Grid reference	Centred TR 0254 9636 (5m by 6m)
Civil Parish	BURNHAM-ON-CROUCH, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

PILLBOX (Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

1993. World War Two Defences on the Essex Cost pilot survey. Sited on the corner where the sea wall bends inland, a concrete pillbox projecting from the North side of the embankment. There is a machine-gun loophole set in each of the five exposed sides - these are all open but, as in almost all other cases, the original armoured flaps are missing. The entrance is on the East side and the concrete slab, intended to deny access, has now fallen away. An attempt has been made to camouflage the straight outline of the roof by spreading rough concrete on it. There is a small drainage stream 20 yards to the North. <1> One photo. <2>

Sources

<1> SEX70630 Report: Nash, F.. 2010. Survey of World War Two Defences in the District of Maldon: Volume One.
<2> SEX31432 Photograph: Nash, F.. 1993-2010. Photographs of World War Two Defences in Essex, in the HER. Print. One frame.

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Old SMR Number: TR09

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