Site of Second World War Pillbox, promenade, opposite Orwell Road, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 21187)
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Summary
Site of Second World War Pillbox, now destroyed, near promenade, opposite Orwell Road, Clacton-on-Sea
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TM 1778 1458 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
WWII Defence of Clacton
A plan of the wartime defences along the seafront at Clacton-on-Sea (see SMR 21178) shows a pillbox, annotated ‘E’, where a breakwater joins the promenade. <1>
An aerial photograph taken in July 1941 shows something ‘pillbox-sized’ here but by July 1946 it had clearly gone as nothing shows on an aerial photograph of that date. <2> <3>
An OS map, dated 1990, shows the outline of a half-hexagonal base, probably the surviving half of its concrete base. In January 2007, the seawall here has now been reconfigured and nothing of this base remains to be seen. <4> <5>
Sources
- <1> SEX67942 Map: CRE, Colchester - WDLA, North Essex. 1944. Dwg. No. 1908. July 1944.
- <2> SEX67879 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1941. S346-47. July 1941.
- <3> SEX67886 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3043. July 1946.
- <4> SEX64245 Map: Ordnance Survey. unknown. Ordnance Survey 1:1250 Post War National Grid. 1:1250. TM 1714 NE, 1990.
- <5> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.