Site of Second World War Pillbox, promenade, opposite Russell Road, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 21198)
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Summary
Site of Second World War Pillbox, now destroyed.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TM 1838 1503 (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 ‘H’, where a breakwater joins the promenade. <1>
Although aerial photographs from July 1941 show something at this point they are not clear enough to be more specific. <2>
An OS map dated 1974 shows the end of the breakwater, where it joins the promenade, as a half-hexagonal, probably where the pillbox once stood. <3>
The site was visited by Fred Nash in 2007
The seawall here has now been configured and nothing of this base remains to be seen. <3> <4>
Sources
- <1> SEX67942 Map: CRE, Colchester - WDLA, North Essex. 1944. Dwg. No. 1908. July 1944.
- <2> SEX67891 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. S346-50. July 1941.
- <3> SEX64245 Map: Ordnance Survey. unknown. Ordnance Survey 1:1250 Post War National Grid. 1:1250. TM 1815 SW, 1974.
- <4> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.