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Name:WWII site by Martello Tower D Clacton Golf Course - see records 10773, 10774 and 10775
SMR Number:16981
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TM 161 134
Map Sheet:TM11SE
Parish:CLACTON-ON-SEA, TENDRING, ESSEX

Summary

Anti tank concrete blocks and pillboxes - see records 10773, 10774 and 10775

Full description

Anti-tank concrete blocks along the coast/around Martello Tower to the SW are two pillboxes - one already on beach. See records 10773, 10774 and 10775.
In 1948 (? '.' of erosion) the second just outside the sea wall. <1>


<1> RAF, 1948, 58/65/5002 (AP). SEX67825.

Monument Types

  • DEFENCE LINE (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Sources and further reading

<1>AP: RAF. 1948. 58/65/5002.

Related records

10775Related to: Anti-tank Obstacles (destroyed), Martello Tower "D", Clacton Golf Course (Monument)
10773Related to: Pillbox (destroyed), W of Martello Tower "D", Clacton Golf Course (Monument)
10774Related to: Pillbox (destroyed), W of Martello Tower "D", Clacton Golf Course (Monument)