Summary

An FW3/22 pillbox.

Full description

1996: Aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1960 show an FW3/22 pillbox, possibly with a protective “skirt”, on the sea shore at Lion Point. <1> <2> <3>

Although it can be seen on an aerial photograph taken in 1970, an aerial photograph taken in 1980 shows no sign of it. <4> <5>

2006: An OS map dated 1953 shows its outline, with projecting entrance on the N side, on the seawall. <6>

<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-4007, July 1946 (AP). SEX64302.

<2> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 21-078 (AP). SEX61581.

<3> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, P28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.

<4> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1970, Run 115- 4710 (AP). SEX61582.

<5> Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1980, 25 - 81 - 090 (AP). SEX61583.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1945-present, 1:2500, TM 1412, 1953 (Map). SEX60991.

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 September 2006 (Ref: Nash TEN Sep 2006)

Sources and further reading

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