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Thesaurus Term/Concept: AMMUNITION SHELTER

Identifier -30
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Candidate
Index? Yes
Scope Note Ammunition shelters were built throughout Essex during World War Two, often within easy reach of a Home Guard defence position. They were primarily of two types, a small Nissen hut with a curved corrugated iron roof and a rectangular brick-built shelter.

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Monument Type MEX1036441 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Rutland House', Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036442 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Rutland House', Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036437 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Seed & Trial Grounds', Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036438 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Sheepen Hill Estate', Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036439 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), 'Westacre', Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036419 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036424 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036425 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036427 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036429 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036430 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036431 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036432 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036433 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036434 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036435 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036436 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "Sheepen Hill Estate", Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036604 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), "The Wilderness", Newland St, Witham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037996 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), “The Vineyards”, Great Baddow (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038018 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), adj. Goldlay Avenue, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038709 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Arclight Works, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036284 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Ballards Gore, Stambridge (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038223 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), behind Gas Company, High St, Wickford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038664 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), behind Rose Inn, Peldon (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038692 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Birchwood House, Ipswich Road, Dedham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036625 Ammunition shelter (destroyed), Boars Tye Farm, Silver End (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038640 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Boxted Lodge, Boxted (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038694 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Bridgewick Hall, Chappel (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038222 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Castle Hotel, Wickford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038681 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Church Hall, Wormingford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038233 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Commonhall Lane, Hadleigh (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038686 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Dedham Mill, Dedham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038688 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Dedham Mill, Dedham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1040986 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), E of Hall Lane, Harwich (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1035864 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), E of London Hill, Rayleigh (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1035871 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), E of London Hill, Rayleigh (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038058 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), E of Waterhouse Lane, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039517 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Elysian Gardens, Tollesbury (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036607 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), garden adj. The Grove, Newland St., Witham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038099 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Good Easter (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1041232 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Gravel Pit, Long Lane, Stifford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038048 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Gravel pits, Princes Road, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038623 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Hall grounds, Little Horkesley (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038080 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Hoffman’s, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038086 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Hoffmann Sports Ground, Rainsford Rd, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038711 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Hythe Station Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039758 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Likely Wood, Wickham Bishops (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037963 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Lingwood Common, Little Baddow Road (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038100 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Little Waltham Lodge, Little Waltham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038221 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Market Ground, Wickford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039522 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Meadow SE of Church, Tollesbury (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038082 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Melbourne Park, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1041230 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Mill Lane, South Stifford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038093 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Moulsham Mill, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038683 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), near Post Office, Fordham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036597 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), New Rd. Terling (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036614 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), nr Church House, Collingwood Road, Witham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036618 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), opp. Fruit Packing Station, Colchester Rd, Witham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038053 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), orchard N of original Widford Roundabout (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038054 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), orchard N of original Widford Roundabout (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037990 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), paddock adj. Cock Inn, Stock (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036611 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), pasture field, Collingwood Road, Witham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037971 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Peacock Bakery, Woodham Ferrers (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037334 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Place Farm, Old Heath, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036606 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Plantation strip rear of The Grove, Witham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036612 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Police Station, Witham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037998 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), rear of “Brick House”, Galleywood (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1032555 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Rear of Perry's, Kent Elms Corner, Leigh (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038098 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), S of “Broadgates”, Roxwell (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038649 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), school grounds, Layer-de-la-Haye (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038051 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), SE corner of original Widford Roundabout, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038695 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Smithy, Fordstreet (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038101 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), South St, Great Waltham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039516 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Station Road field, Tollesbury (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038696 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), The Bakery, West Bergholt (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038660 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), The Gate Poultry Farm, Abberton (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1041219 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), The Maltings, Aveley (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039521 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), The Maltings, Heybridge (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038710 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), The Old Rectory, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038701 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Tower Road, Wivenhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037945 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Town Farm, Woodham Ferrers (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038068 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), track to Whitehouse Farm, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038693 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), W of Watch House Farm, Chappel (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1041010 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), War Memorial Club, Ramsey (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038625 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Woodlands Farm, Great Horkesley (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1035844 Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), Woodlands Road, Hockley (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1035994 Ammunition Shelter for LAA emplacement (destroyed), W side of Rochford Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036055 Ammunition Shelter for LAA gun emplacement (destroyed), golf course, N of Rochford Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036059 Ammunition Shelter for LAA gun emplacement (destroyed), golf course, NW of Rochford Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036028 Ammunition Shelter for LAA gun emplacement (destroyed), N of Sutton Road, Rochford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036051 Ammunition Shelter for LAA gun emplacement (destroyed), NW corner of Rochford Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036045 Ammunition Shelter for LAA gun emplacement, E of railway line, Rochford Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036047 Ammunition Shelter for LAA gun emplacement, NE edge of Rochford Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037959 Ammunition Shelter, allotment SW of church, Danbury (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038103 Ammunition Shelter, E of Boreham Road, Gt. Leighs (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038684 Ammunition Shelter, Fiddlers Wood, Fordham Bridge (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038104 Ammunition shelter, Hill Farm, Ford End, Great Waltham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1041015 Ammunition Shelter, Michaelstow Hall, Ramsey (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038094 Ammunition Shelter, S of Widford Rectory, Widford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038095 Ammunition Shelter, S of Widford Rectory, Widford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038644 Ammunition Shelter, The Bungalow, Heckfordbridge, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038102 Ammunition Shelter, The Mount House, Pleshey (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037970 Ammunition Shelter, The Priory, Bicknacre (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038552 Ammunition shelter, Willowmead Residential Home, Wickham Bishops Road, Hatfield Peverel (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037305 Ammunition Shelter, Wireless Station, Doddinghurst Road, Pilgrim’s Hatch (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1041018 Ammunition Shelter, yard next to old smithy, Church Hill, Ramsey (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039523 Probable site of Second World War ammunition shelter in a football field, North-West of Spital Road (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039518 Probable site of Second World War ammunition shelter, Hoe Mill, Woodham Walter (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1035986 Second World War ammunition shelter for LAA gun emplacement, west of Rochford Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49978 Second World War Ammunition Shelter, garden of No. 59 London Road, Great Clacton (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1049722 Second World War ammunition shelter, south west of church, Thorpe-le-Soken (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1049721 Second World War ammunition shelter, west of church, Thorpe-le-Soken (Monument)
Monument Type MEX32062 Second World War spigot mortar emplacement and ammunition shelter at Tilty Abbey (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1040003 Site of Second World War ammunition shelter, allotments, SE of Kirby Cross (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1040011 Site of Second World War ammunition shelter, allotments, west of Grove Avenue, Walton (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1049797 Site of Second World War ammunition shelter, Ardleigh Court, Ardleigh (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1049743 Site of Second World War Ammunition Shelter, Frating Green (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037309 Site of Second World War ammunition shelter, in the brickfields north of Burnham Road, Woodham Mortimer (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039519 Site of Second World War ammunition shelter, Langford Water Works (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039994 Site of Second World War Ammunition Shelter, Memorial Playing Fields, St Osyth (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039524 Site of Second World War ammunition shelter, playing field, The Plume School (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039525 Site of Second World War ammunition shelter, playing field, The Plume School (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1049736 Site of Second World War ammunition shelter, The Green, Great Bentley (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1041131 Site of Second World War ammunition shelter, The Vicarage, Wix (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036624 Site of Second World War ammunition shelter, White Notley Hall, White Notley (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037346 Site of Second World War ammunition shelters, Latchingdon Hall (formerly The Rectory) (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1049723 Site of two Second World War ammunition shelters, The Nurseries, Station Road, Thorpe-le-Soken (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038252 Three Ammunition Shelters (destroyed), adj. School Lane, South Benfleet (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036600 Two Ammunition Shelters (destroyed), "Hackpits Field", Witham (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038073 Two Ammunition Shelters (destroyed), Cousing Nurseries, Victoria Rd, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037339 Underground "Bunker", Cistern Yard, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1035528 Unknown Building, Wireless Station, Doddinghurst Road, Pilgrim’s Hatch (Monument)