Site of Second World War Ammunition Dump, Northbourne Road, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 21245)

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Site of Second World War Ammunition Dump, now destroyed.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 1778 1557 (105m by 200m)

Type and Period

AMMUNITION DUMP (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

WWII Defence of Clacton survey Contemporary records state, ‘Ammunition Dump. Builders Yard at junc. of Northbourne and Thorogood Road’. The date of the entry is 3 May 1944. <1> The builders yard can be clearly seen on a 1946 aerial photograph running along the north side of Northbourne Road between the road and the railway line. It seems likely that ammunition would have been unloaded directly from railway wagons into the yard. Nothing significant, such as Nissen huts, can be made out. <2> The site was visited by Fred Nash in 2007. In 2007, the yard still exists as a Tendring District Council facility. <3>

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<1> SEX31436 LIST: Essex County Council. 1968. War Time Contraventions. Clacton.
<2> SEX67892 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3041. July 1946.
<3> SEX70635 DESC TEXT: Clacton VCH Group. 2008. Survey of World War Defences of Clacton.

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