Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Cubes, slipway east side of Pier (EHER 21186)
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Summary
Site of Anti-Tank Cubes, now destroyed, slipway east side of Pier.
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Location
| Grid reference | TM 1768 1451 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
WWII Defence of Clacton survey
A plan of the wartime defences along the seafront at Clacton-on-Sea (see SMR 21178) shows a ‘road block’ across both the slipway and the promenade, on the east side of the pier. This is confirmed by a letter from a local fisherman in June 1945 to Clacton Urban District Council requesting that the block on the E ramp of the pier be removed as, apparently, that on the west side had been. <1> <2>
Aerial photographs taken in July 1940 and July 1941 show these in place, a short run of cubes, perhaps five or six, across the slipway and up and across the promenade. Although the surface marks could still be faintly made out on aerial photographs taken after the war in July 1946 they had clearly gone by that date. <3> <4> <5> <6>
Sources
- <1> SEX67942 Map: CRE, Colchester - WDLA, North Essex. 1944. Dwg. No. 1908. July 1944.
- <2> SEX67954 CORRESPONDENCE: Tucker, A.D.. 1945. Clacton UDC - June 1945.
- <3> SEX67888 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. 2-BR11-8. July 1940.
- <4> SEX67879 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1941. S346-47. July 1941.
- <5> SEX67886 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3043. July 1946.
- <6> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.