| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Clacton Airfield |
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| SMR Number: | 10778 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 160 140 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM11SE |
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| Parish: | CLACTON-ON-SEA, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
A type FW3/22 pillbox.
Full description
1996: An aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows a type FW3/22 pillbox standing at a junction of hedges at the N end of what appears to be a possible filled-in anti-tank ditch. <1> <2>
An aerial photograph taken in 1953 shows all the hedges to have been cleared by that date and no sign of the pillbox. The area is now an airfield (the airfield opened in 1958). <3>
<1> RAF, 1948, 58-65-5028 (AP). SEX61605.
<2> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, P28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.
<3> RAF, 1953, 82 - 714 - 0204 (AP). SEX61606.
<4> Tyler, Sue, 1986, Two Photographs of Pillbox 10778 area (AP). SEX61607.
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)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1948. 58-65-5028. |
| <2> | DESC TEXT: Wills, H. 1985. Pillboxes. P28. |
| <3> | AP: RAF. 1953. 82 - 714 - 0204. |
| <4> | AP: Tyler, Sue. 1986. Two Photographs of Pillbox 10778 area. |
Images
 Martello Tower, Clacton on Sea © Essex County Council |  CLACTON-ON-SEA Single ring ditch © Essex County Council |
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