Site of Second World War Pillbox, South of Beach Way, Jaywick (EHER 10770)

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Summary

Site of Second World War Pillbox, South of Beach Way. It was a FW3/22 pillbox but it has now been destroyed.

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Grid reference	TM 1500 1287 (point)

Type and Period

PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

Analysed as part of the 1996 defences of Essex survey, 1996: Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1960 show an FW3/22 pillbox, possibly with a protective “skirt”, on the seashore S of Beach Way. <1> <2> <3> Although it can be seen on an aerial photograph taken in 1970, an aerial photograph taken in 1980 shows no sign of it. <4> <5> Defence of Clacton survey. <6>

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<1> SEX64302 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-4007. July 1946.
<2> SEX61585 Aerial Photograph: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 21-078.
<3> SEX31431 Bibliographic reference: Wills, H.. 1985. Pillboxes: A Study of U.K. Defences 1940. P28.
<4> SEX61586 Aerial Photograph: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1970. Run 115 -4710.
<5> SEX61587 Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1980. 25 - 81 - 090.
<6> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.

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