Second World War Pillbox, embankment, Jaywick (EHER 10768)
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Summary
On an embankment, overlooking marshland to the north west, is a concrete pillbox.
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Location
| Grid reference | TM 1466 1320 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
Site visit by Fred Nash, 1996:
On an embankment, overlooking marshland to the north west, is a concrete pillbox. The site has not been visited but from a distance it is probably an FW3/22. <1>
Site visit by Fred Nash, 2006
Visited in 2006, the pillbox is confirmed as an FW3/22, concrete, with its entrance on the east side. One loophole has an extant Turnbull machine-gun mounting; the others each have sliding steel shutters which gives either a small or large aperture. A small clip, still extant on some, would hold the shutters in the closed position.
Five photos taken in 2006. <2> <3>