Site of Second World War Anti-Invasion Scaffolding, Lions Point, Jaywick (EHER 10766)
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Summary
Site of a line of beach obstacles near the water’s edge, now destroyed.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 1433 1275 (1344m by 237m) |
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Type and Period
Description
Aerial photograph 1946 and 1948
Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1948 show the remains of a line of beach obstacles near the water’s edge stretching from a position south of the Jaywick Martello Tower, designated "C", almost a mile eastwards to S of Beach Way, Jaywick. They are almost certainly beach scaffolding which was erected towards the end of 1940 as a continuous anti-invasion barrier. <1> <2>
Aerial photograph 1941
September 2006 analysis: Ground-level photos taken in 1941 show anti-invasion scaffolding east and west of the "Butlin's" Martello Tower (SMR 21178). It is very likely that the Jaywick scaffolding in fact continued past Beach Way to join up with the Clacton-on-Sea scaffolding as a continuous barrier. <3>
Site visit by F. Nash, September 2006
Nothing of it now survives.