Site of Second World War Pillbox, Alton Park Farm, Clacton-on-Sea (EHER 21255)

Site of Second World War Pillbox, now destroyed.

WWII Defence of Clacton survey Contemporary records state, ‘(Concrete pillbox) and weapon pit north-east corner, sandbagged trench across lane … Alton Park Farm, O.S. Nos. 451 and 457. Map ref. 609324’ and ‘Pillbox and latrine … Coppins Hall Farm, O.S. No. 381, Rush Green’. <1> Both of these entries refer to the same pillbox. It stood at the junction of two fields, across the boundary hedgeline of Nos. 451 and 381. Aerial photograph, 1941 and 1946 Aerial photographs taken in July 1941 and July 1946 show it indistinctly; in both cases the surrounding hedges prevent its type from being determined. <2> <3> Site visit, 2007 The site was visited by Fred Nash in 2007. Nothing of it now survives but small pieces of broken concrete still lie in the hedge. <4>