Second World War Ammunition Shelter, garden of No. 59 London Road, Great Clacton (EHER 21243)
Please read our guidance about the use of Essex Historic Environment Record data.
Summary
A Second World War Ammunition Shelter within the garden of No. 59 London Road.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TM 1712 1605 (point) |
|---|
Type and Period
Description
WWII Defence of Clacton survey
An aerial photograph taken in July 1948 shows a small Nissen hut, typically an ammunition shelter, in the rear garden of No. 59 London Rd, close to a road barrier (SMR 21241) and a pillbox (SMR 21242). An Ordnance Survey map dated 1983 shows it extant at that time.
Visited in July 2007 by Fred Nash
One remaining wall still stands, acting as a retaining wall for a garden rockery. Although most of it is beneath the rockery on one side and garden waste on the other, the top of the wall is visible, curved to accommodate Nissen shelter sheeting and built of brick. At the top, what was probably the recess for a ventilation panel remains. <1> <2> <4>
Two photos of site. <3>
Sources
- <1> SEX67901 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1948. 58-85-5161. July 1948.
- <2> SEX64245 Map: Ordnance Survey. unknown. Ordnance Survey 1:1250 Post War National Grid. 1:1250. TM 1716 SW, 1983.
- <3> SEX67940 Photograph: Nash, F.. 2007. Ammunition Shelter, 59 London Road, Gt Clacton. print. 2 frames, July 2007.
- <4> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.