Site of Second World War, Anti-Tank Cubes, seafront cliffs, opposite St. Alban’s Rd, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 21196)

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Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Cubes, now destroyed.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 1835 1503 (42m by 27m)

Type and Period

ANTI TANK CUBE (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

WWII Defence of Clacton survey An aerial photograph taken in July 1941 shows a short line of 12 anti-tank cubes, immediately above the cliff walk, stretching from TM 1833 1502, across a path which climbs to the clifftop, to TM 1836 1503. Presumably, this short run of cubes was intended mainly to block off the rising pathway. <1> An aerial photograph taken in July 1946 shows them to have been taken up by that date. <2> <3>

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<1> SEX67891 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. S346-50. July 1941.
<2> SEX67892 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3041. July 1946.
<3> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.

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