| Name: | Road barrier (destroyed), Holland Road, near Sladbury’s Lane |
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| SMR Number: | 10780 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 192 163 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM11NE |
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| Parish: | CLACTON-ON-SEA, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
Contemporary records state, "Road Barrier. Nr Sladbury’s Lane, Holland Main Road.
Full description
1996: Contemporary records state, "Road Barrier. Nr Sladbury’s Lane, Holland Main Road. Map ref. 641345" (Mil. Ed.). Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1948 show a wide band of lighter concrete crossing the road some 40 yards to the E of the Holland Road/Sladbury’s Lane junction possibly where anti-tank sockets had been dug up and the tarmac or concrete replaced. <1> <2> <3>
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Clacton (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-4056 (AP). SEX61254.
<3> RAF, 1948, 58-89-5231 (AP). SEX61255.
Monument Types
- ROAD BARRIER (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- WWII Coastal Defences - Fred Nash visits 1996-1997 (Ref: Nash ESSEX Dec 1996-Jan 1997)
- WWII Defences of Clacton - field visits by Fred Nash in August 2006 (Ref: Nash TEN Aug 2006)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Clacton. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-4056. |
| <3> | AP: RAF. 1948. 58-89-5231. |
Related records
| 10779 | Part of: Pillbox (destroyed), Corner of Sladbury's Lane/Holland Road (Monument) |
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