Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples, Victoria Road/Lancaster Gardens West, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 21231)
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Summary
Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples, now destroyed.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 1851 1519 (17m by 8m) |
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Type and Period
Description
WWII Defence of Clacton survey
Contemporary records state, “Concrete pimples and dannert wire. ‘Crossley House’, Victoria Road, Garden” and “Concrete pimples. St. Olaves, Marine Parade East”. <1> ‘Crossley House’ stood on the east corner of Victoria Road. “St. Olaves” is thought to have been the house which still stands on the west corner of Lancaster Gardens West.
An aerial photograph taken by the RAF, in 1941 at low level, shows a five-row band of anti-tank pimples bridging the gap on the seafront between Crossley House and St. Olaves. Approximately 35 pimples can be counted. <2>
Site visit in November 2006 by F. Nash,
Crossley House has now been demolished and its place taken by an apartment block, Crossley View, which occupies all the ground from Victoria Road right up to St. Olaves, across the former site of the anti-tank pimples. St. Olaves is now No. 97 Marine Parade East. <3>