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CAT Report 319: summary

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A survey of a group of air-raid shelters at Area C2 of the Garrison Urban Village, Napier Road, Colchester, Essex: April-May 2004
by Lister, C; Orr, K.

Date report completed: 06/06/2005
Location: Garrison, Colchester, Essex
Map reference(s): TL99752447
File size: 13397 kb
Project type: Building survey, Watching brief
Significance of the results: Neg
Keywords: World War 1/World War 2 defences, World War 2 bombing

Summary. A group of six World War 2 concrete air-raid shelters was surveyed as part of the redevelopment works of Colchester garrison. Three had been largely demolished in the 1940s, two were demolished in 2004, and the sixth still survives.