Site of Second World War Pillbox, promenade, opposite Anglefield, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 21190)
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Summary
Site of Second World War Pillbox now destroyed, promenade, opposite Anglefield, Clacton-on-Sea.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TM 1794 1471 (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 pillbox, annotated âFâ, where a breakwater joins the promenade. <1>
A July 1941 aerial photograph is unclear while a July 1946 aerial photograph shows the pillbox to have gone by that date. <2> <3>
A OS map dated 1990 shows the outline of a half-hexagonal here, probably the surviving half of its concrete base. In January 2007, the seawall 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> SEX67889 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1941. S346-48. July 1941.
- <3> SEX67887 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3042. July 1946.
- <4> SEX64245 Map: Ordnance Survey. unknown. Ordnance Survey 1:1250 Post War National Grid. 1:1250. TM 1714 NE, 1990.