| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), W of Martello Tower "D", Clacton Golf Course |
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| SMR Number: | 10773 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 160 133 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM11SE |
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| Parish: | CLACTON-ON-SEA, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
An FW3/22 pillbox.
Full description
1996: An aerial photograph taken in 194? shows a type FW3/22 pillbox with a protective “skirt” straddling a path 130 yards to the SW of Martello Tower "D". The entrance is on the NE side. <1> <2>
An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows no sign of it. <3>
2006: This stretch of the coast has been extensively re-profiled and the position of the pillbox in the modern landscape is very difficult to determine.
<1> RAF, 1940s, Unknown Pillbox (AP). SEX61593.
<2> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, P28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.
<3> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 21-078 (AP). SEX61594.
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
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1940s. Unknown Pillbox. |
| <2> | DESC TEXT: Wills, H. 1985. Pillboxes. P28. |
| <3> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 21-078. |
Related records
| 16981 | Related to: WWII site by Martello Tower D Clacton Golf Course - see records 10773, 10774 and 10775 (Monument) |
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