Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Russell Road, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 21229)
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Summary
Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, now destroyed.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 1838 1512 (28m by 20m) |
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Type and Period
Description
WWII Defence of Clacton survey
Contemporary records state, “12 concrete pimples and dannert wiring. Ambleside Hotel, Marine Parade East, Garden” and “Concrete pimples and dannert wire. ‘St. Michaels’, Marine Parade East.” <1>
An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in July 1941 shows a 5-row band of anti-tank pimples stretching from the east side of the Ambleside Hotel, across Russell Road to the west side of St. Michaels Convent. As both buildings were quite close to Russell Road there were, perhaps, no more than 35 pimples in this barrier. <2>
The site was visited by Fred Nash in 2007.
In 2007, the Ambleside Hotel no longer existed and had been replaced by an apartment block, Ambleside Court. St. Michaels Convent still survives. <3>