Naval Watchtower Near Tollesbury

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A six-sided, brick-built tower stands by the former route of the railway line to Tollesbury Pier and the River Blackwater approximately half a mile (0.8 km) to the S.E. "Survey of Pillboxes and WW2 Defence Sites in Tollesbury, Essex," 1995, records that it was built in 1940 and was a Naval Watchtower used as a control centre for mines in the River Blackwater and its environs.

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