Site of Second World War Pillbox, Elthorne Park, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 21244)
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Summary
Site of Second World War Pillbox, now destroyed.
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Location
| Grid reference | TM 1655 1587 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
WWII Defence of Clacton survey
Contemporary records state, ‘O.S. No. 311 – Pillbox and 2 weapon pits … Coppins Hall Farm …’. Field O.S. No. 311 lay at the north end of Upper Branston Road.
A low-level aerial photograph taken in July 1948 shows a Type FW3/22 pillbox with its entrance in the south side, overlooking open land to the north, west and east. It stood at the end of Upper Branston Road, to the north of a group of three houses. An aerial photograph taken in June 1960 shows that it still survived in the same setting at that time. <1> <2> <3>
Site visit by F. Nash, 2007
By year 2000, however, the entire area had been built over. The site on which it once stood is now the rear garden of No. 20 Elthorne Park. <4>
Sources
- <1> SEX31436 LIST: Essex County Council. 1968. War Time Contraventions. Clacton.
- <2> SEX67904 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1948. 58-85-5403. July 1948.
- <3> SEX67905 Aerial Photograph: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 19-089. July 1960.
- <4> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.