Summary

A type FW3/22 pillbox standing on the grassy cliff top opposite the end of Kings Avenue.

Full description

1996: A low level aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows a type FW3/22 pillbox standing on the grassy cliff top opposite the end of Kings Avenue. Its entrance is on the NW face and it appears to have a protective skirt of concrete. <1> <2>

Two postcards, one franked in 1950, show this pillbox. It is unclear whether there is a protective 'skirt' as earth appears to have been piled up around the pillbox to the level of the loopholes and this has probably been grassed over. <4>

An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows it to have been demolished by that date. <3>

<1> RAF, 1948, 58-89-5229 (AP). SEX61256.

<2> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, p.28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.

<3> RAF, 1960, Run 19-086, franked 1950 (AP). SEX61258.

<4> unknown, 1952, Postcard of Holland-on-Sea (Photograph). SEX61257.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (WWII, Modern - 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

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