Second World War Pillbox base, Point Clear (EHER 10745)

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Second World War Pillbox base, Point Clear

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Grid reference	Centred TM 0817 1569 (6m by 6m)
Civil Parish	ST OSYTH, TENDRING, ESSEX

Type and Period

PILLBOX (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Site visit and desk based assessment 1996: An aerial photograph taken in 1941 shows an indistinct hexagonal shape on the NW point of Point Clear. <1> Three sides of the base still projects from the outer side of the sea wall, probably left as extra sea wall protection when the pillbox, which stood on top of it, was demolished. Site visit 2009, the Defence of Tendring survey: One photo taken of base. <2> Additional reference <3>

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<1> SEX61497 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. 2F-BR49.
<2> SEX69379 Photograph: Nash, F.. 2009. Pillbox base, Point Clear. print. Oct 2009, one frame.
<3> SEX75778 Collection: Various. Various. Historic England Archive.

Other References

NRHE identifier: 1429354
National Monuments Record: TM 01 NE 97

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