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Thesaurus Term/Concept: ANTI TANK PIMPLE

Identifier 160305
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note Blocks of solid concrete,in the form of truncated pyramids usually 3 feet square x 2 feet high which could be placed in rows to impede enemy movement in the event of invasion. Pimples were recommended for use on soft ground.

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Instances/Examples (68)

Context Record
Monument Type MEX1034752 Anti-Tank Obstacles/Road Barrier (destroyed), Cymbeline Way, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037993 Anti-Tank Pimples (destroyed), between The Common and Bicknacre Road, East Hanningfield (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1034623 Anti-tank Pimples (destroyed), coast, Great Wakering (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1034624 Anti-tank Pimples (destroyed), coast, Great Wakering (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1034626 Anti-tank Pimples (destroyed), coast, Great Wakering (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1034627 Anti-tank Pimples (destroyed), coast, Great Wakering (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1034628 Anti-tank Pimples (destroyed), coast, Great Wakering (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037893 Anti-Tank Pimples (destroyed), E of Army & Navy Roundabout, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037951 Anti-Tank Pimples (destroyed), Eve’s Corner, W of Butts Lane, Danbury (Monument)
Monument Type MEX42486 Anti-Tank Pimples (destroyed), Harwich International Port (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038050 Anti-Tank Pimples (destroyed), Moulsham St to Princes Road, original Widford Roundabout, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037994 Anti-Tank Pimples (destroyed), N of “Three Horseshoes”, East Hanningfield (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038049 Anti-Tank Pimples (destroyed), Princes Rd to Wood St, original Widford Roundabout, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038047 Anti-Tank Pimples (destroyed), S side of Writtle Road, Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1040987 Anti-Tank Pimples (destroyed), White Lodge Bungalow, Harwich (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1034806 Anti-Tank Pimples, Bridge House, Fordstreet (Monument)
Monument Type MEX42529 Anti-Tank Pimples, Marine Parade (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1038652 Anti-Tank Pimples, NE side of Abberton Reservoir, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1040753 Land to the north of Radnor, London Road (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1032549 Road Barrier (destroyed), "White Lodge", Eastwood Road North, Leigh-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX31770 Road Barrier (destroyed), A1306 (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1032630 Road Barrier (destroyed), Beach Road, Southend-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX31845 Road Barrier (destroyed), Corringham Road, Stanford-le-Hope (Monument)
Monument Type MEX42520 Road Barrier (destroyed), High Street, Harwich (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1035550 Road Barrier (destroyed), Mascalls Lane, Warley (Monument)
Monument Type MEX31786 Road Barrier (destroyed), Sockett's Heath (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1034518 Road Barrier (destroyed), Station Road, Tollesbury (Monument)
Monument Type MEX31761 Road Barrier (destroyed), Stonehouse Lane, Purfleet (Monument)
Monument Type MEX32107 Road Barrier (destroyed), The Causeway (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1034520 Road Barrier (destroyed), The Chase, Tollesbury (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1034782 Road Barrier / Anti-Tank Pimple, New Road, Fordstreet (Monument)
Monument Type MEX42522 Road Barrier, Marine Parade, Harwich (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1032963 Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples, Broomfield Road (Monument)
Monument Type MEX32001 Second World War anti-tank pimples, Debden Park Lake (Monument)
Monument Type MEX31570 Site of Second World War anti-tank cubes and pimples (destroyed), Ivy Cottages (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1049728 Site of Second World War anti-tank pimples, 2/3 Thorpe Road, Weeley (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49969 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples, Albany Gardens East/Connaught Gardens West, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49968 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples, Albany Gardens West/Albany Gardens East, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1049717 Site of Second World War anti-tank pimples, Ivy Cottage, Station Road, Thorpe-le-Soken (Monument)
Monument Type MEX32057 Site of Second World War anti-tank pimples, north of Home Wood (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49984 Site of Second World War anti-tank pimples, The Vicarage, Little Clacton (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49966 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples, Victoria Road/Lancaster Gardens West, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49953 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Agate Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49957 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Beach Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49955 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Colne Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49971 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Connaught Gardens East, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49951 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Edith Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49959 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Harold Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49967 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Lancaster Gardens West/Lancaster Gardens East, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49947 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Nelson Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49956 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Orwell Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49952 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Penfold Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49954 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Pier Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49964 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Russell Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49963 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, St Albans Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49962 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, St Paul’s Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49960 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Thoroughgood Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49949 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Tower Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49948 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Trafalgar Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49942 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Uplands Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX49965 Site of Second World War Anti-Tank Pimples/Road Barrier, Victoria Road, Clacton-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039565 Site of Second World War road barrier and concrete pimples, Burnham Road (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037345 Site of Second World War road barrier, 'Back Line', Lower Burnham Road (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037307 Site of Second World War road barrier, Burnham Road, Woodham Mortimer (Monument)
Monument Type MEX41620 Site of Second World War road barrier, Mundon Road (Monument)
Monument Type MEX41625 Site of Second World War road barrier, south of Full Bridge (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1037314 Site of Second World War road barrier, Stow Road, Cold Norton (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1036407 Site of Second World War road barrier, The Street, Woodham Walter (Monument)