Essex

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Essex

POW Camp 116 faces D day planning decision.

Once again developers threaten our history, this time it’s a lowly collection of huts that used to be a Prisoner of War camp at Hatfield Heath. A planning application, which is due to be heard on the 6th of June, has been submitted which would see this historic site demolished to […]

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Bradwell Bay

What Are These? I found these some years ago at Bradwell Bay Airfield (Fighter Bomber Station WW2). Has anyone got any idea of what they are (perhaps not even military). I have had ideas that they were perhaps some kind of hold-fast for a Light AA Gun they have what […]

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Cox’s Hill

Cox Hill, Lawford, Essex I found the PSG web site very interesting and was able to identify the Pillbox near to where I live. It’s an Allan-Williams Turret and is located in a field on top of Coxs Hill in Lawford near to Manningtree Railway Station, Essex. It faces north […]

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Essex Artifacts

Chris Stewart-Moffitt has formed the Military Fortifications Rescue, Research & Restoration Group Covering the County of Essex, the Group has found some very unusual Defence Structures and approached the land owners of these sites in order to rescue them from decay. Where possible they are being restored to their former […]

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RAF Hornchurch Tett Turrets

The former airfield at RAF Hornchurch in Essex boasts the largest concentration of surviving Tett turrets in the country. This ultra rare form of one-man pillbox would have been extremely cramped and restrictive for the guy inside! Thankfully the surviving Tett turrets at Hornchurch are in relatively good condition; the outer rims […]

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Wickham Bishops Road

Wickham Bishops Road Defences, Witham, Essex. Today I visited a site at Wickham bishops road, Essex. It is recorded by Fred Nash and the SEAX group as a road barrier with irregular concrete blocks. However, upon closer inspection of these blocks the thought occurred to me that they look more sections of a demolished/destroyed […]