Site of Second World War pillbox on sea wall, River Blackwater, Tollesbury (EHER 12148)

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Summary

An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows an hexagonal pillbox, apparently an FW3/22, on the sea wall at this point over looking the River Blackwater. No traces of this are now present.

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Grid reference	TL 9764 0923 (point)
Civil Parish	TOLLESBURY, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)? (Second World War to Mid 20th century - 1939 AD (at some time) to 1946 AD (post))

Description

October 1996. World War Two Defences in Maldon survey: site visit. An aerial photograph taken in 1946 shows an hexagonal pillbox, apparently an FW3/22, on the sea wall at this point over looking the River Blackwater. <1> No trace of it now remains. <1> - <4>

Sources

<1> SEX14000 DESC TEXT: Hedges, J.D.. 1973. SMR.
<2> SEX60864 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1707-4397.
<3> SEX31431 Bibliographic reference: Wills, H.. 1985. Pillboxes: A Study of U.K. Defences 1940.
<4> SEX70630 Report: Nash, F.. 2010. Survey of World War Two Defences in the District of Maldon: Volume One.

Other References

Old SMR Number: TL90-049

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