Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Victoria Road, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 21230)
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Summary
Site of Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, now destroyed.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 1846 1516 (46m by 27m) |
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Type and Period
Description
WWII Defence of Clacton survey
Contemporary records state, “Concrete pimples, apron and dannert wire. ‘St. Michaels’, Marine Parade East, Garden” and “Concrete pimples and dannert wire. ‘Crossley House’, Victoria Road, Garden.” <1>
An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in July 1941 shows a 5-row band of anti-tank pimples stretching from the E side of St. Michaels Convent across Victoria Road to the west side of Crossley House, thus forming a fixed barrier. Approximately 100 pimples can be counted. <2>
The site was visited by Fred Nash in 2007
In 2007, St. Michaels Convent still survives although the grassy E side has been converted to gravel-covered car parking. Crossley House is now ‘Crossley View’, an apartment block. Nothing of the anti-tank barrier remains. <3>