Site of Second World War Pillbox, clifftop walk, opposite St. Paul’s Road, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 21195)
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Summary
Site of Second World War Pillbox, now destroyed.
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Location
| Grid reference | TM 1823 1496 (point) |
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Description
WWII Defence of Clacton survey
A plan of the wartime defences along the seafront at Clacton-on-Sea (see SMR 21178) shows the disposition of the pillboxes, annotated from ‘A’ to ‘M’ in a clear sequence. ‘L’ is not clearly shown but in the ‘right’, logical position there is an uncertain mark.
This position is on the clifftop walk opposite St. Paul’s Road immediately South-West of what was, before the war, a public shelter. An aerial photograph taken in July 1941 shows, here, a heavily camouflaged construction, very probably pillbox ‘L’. Elsewhere along this walk other, known, pillboxes can be seen to have been similarly camouflaged.
The public shelter still survives by the clifftop walk but nothing remains of the pillbox. <1> <2> <3>