Site of Second World War Pillbox, cliff top opposite end of York Road, Holland-on-Sea (EHER 10786)
Please read our guidance about the use of Essex Historic Environment Record data.
Summary
A type FW3/22 pillbox, now destroyed, on the cliff top at the end of York Road.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TM 2014 1610 (point) |
|---|
Type and Period
Description
Desk based assessment of aerial photograph, 1948
A low-level aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows a type FW3/22 pillbox on the cliff top at the end of York Road. Its entrance is on the west face and it appears to have a protective skirt of concrete. <1> <2>
Aerial photograph
There was no metalled road along the cliff top at this point but by 1960 Kings Parade had been built and the pillbox, directly in its path, had been demolished. <3>
Defence of Clacton survey. <4>
Sources
- <1> SEX61260 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1948. 58-89-5318.
- <2> SEX31431 Bibliographic reference: Wills, H.. 1985. Pillboxes: A Study of U.K. Defences 1940. p.28.
- <3> SEX61258 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1960. Run 19-086.
- <4> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.