Second World War Pillbox, Rover Avenue, Jaywick (EHER 10767)
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Summary
A FW3/22 concrete pillbox.
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Location
| Grid reference | TM 1402 1307 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
At the north end of Rover Avenue, on an embankment overlooking marshland to the north, is an FW3/22 concrete pillbox. <1>
Site visit by F. Nash in 1996 as part of the WWII defences in Essex survey.
One photo of site. <2>
Site visit by Fred Nash, 2006 for the defence of Clacton survey
The entrance, which is blocked up, is on the south side. Two of the loopholes have Turnbull mountings still extant. These, with a steel cradle suspended from them, enabled a variety of machine-guns to be mounted thus giving a more stable platform. The pillbox would have been sited here to guard against an attack on the rear of the town across the wide open terrain.
Three photos taken in 2006. <3> <4>
Site visit 2012
Eight photos taken in 2012. <5>
Sources
- <1> SEX31431 Bibliographic reference: Wills, H.. 1985. Pillboxes: A Study of U.K. Defences 1940. p28.
- <2> SEX61579 Photograph: Nash, F.. 1996. Photograph of Pillbox , Rover Avenue, Jaywick (10767). 1 frame.
- <3> SEX67864 Photograph: Nash, F.. 2006. Pillbox, Rover Avenue, Jaywick. print. 3 frames, Sept 2006.
- <4> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.
- <5> SEX71147 Photograph: Wilson, M.. 2012. Pillbox at end of Rover Avenue Jaywick. Digital. 8 frames Oct 2012.