Site of Second World War Pillbox, west of gun site, clifftop, Holland-on-Sea (EHER 10782)
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Summary
A type FW3/22 pillbox standing on the clifftop, now destroyed.
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Location
| Grid reference | TM 1929 1562 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
Defence of Essex survey 1996:
A low level aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows a type FW3/22 pillbox standing on the clifftop approx. 120 yards to the west of the 6 inch gun site (SMR 10783). Its entrance is on the NW face and it appears to have a protective skirt of concrete. <1> <2>
Site visit 1996 by Fred Nash
The area is now a grassy clifftop.
A postcard, printed in 1952, shows this pillbox in the foreground and what appears to be one of the gun casemates in the background. <3>
Defence of Clacton survey. <4>
Sources
- <1> SEX61256 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1948. 58-89-5229.
- <2> SEX31431 Bibliographic reference: Wills, H.. 1985. Pillboxes: A Study of U.K. Defences 1940. p.28.
- <3> SEX61257 Photograph: Unknown. 1952. Postcard of Holland-on-Sea. postcard.
- <4> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.