Summary

A type FW3/22 pillbox on the cliff top at the end of York Road.

Full description

1996: A low-level aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows a type FW3/22 pillbox on the cliff top at the end of York Road. Its entrance is on the W face and it appears to have a protective skirt of concrete. <1> <2>

There was no metalled road along the cliff top at this point but by 1960 Kings Parade had been built and the pillbox, directly in its path, had been demolished. <3>

<1> RAF, 1948, 58-89-5318 (AP). SEX61260.

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

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

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)
• Field visits by Fred Nash in July 2006 to record WWII sites in Clacton (Ref: Nash TEN Jul 2006)

Sources and further reading

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