Site of Second World War heavy anti-aircraft gun site, Bradwell Wick (EHER 10641)

Now destroyed. Aerial photographs taken in July and August 1945 show what appears to be a Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun site North of Maldon Road at Bradwell Wick. The site straddles a track with two emplacements in the East field and two in the West. In the centre, in the West field, is the command post. No accommodation site can be seen.

1996. World War Two Defences in Maldon survey: desktop assessment. An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in 1945 shows the four emplacements of an anti-aircraft battery North of Bradwell Wick. The emplacements straddle a track with two in the West field, plus the control centre, and two in the East field. <1> An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows them to have been removed by that date. <2> July 1998. World War Two Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun sites in Essex survey: desktop assessment. Aerial photographs taken in July and August 1945 show what appears to be a Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun site North of Maldon Road at Bradwell Wick. The site straddles a track with two emplacements in the East field and two in the West. In the centre, in the West field, is the command post. The four gun emplacements are unusually shaped, square with one external but integral ammunition recess (unroofed) projecting from each of the four corners. No accommodation site can be seen. The emplacements were clearly built after January 1941 as an aerial photograph taken at that time shows the area to be open fields with no indication of the emplacements. The site is not listed in Dobinson, 1996, and there are no gun Location Lists for this area in the SMR. An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows no sign of emplacements or command post, the site having been returned to agriculture by that date. <1> <3> - <6> October 1998. World War Two Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun sites in Essex survey: site visit. Nothing remains of the site. <6>