| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), seafront by Butlin’s, Clacton-on-Sea |
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| SMR Number: | 21177 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 164 135 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM11SE |
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| Parish: | CLACTON-ON-SEA, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
Pillbox (destroyed)
Full description
An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in July 1946 shows the clear outline of a pillbox at the top of the beach by the SW corner of the former Butlin’s site. It is built immediately alongside a groyne, is hexagonal and has another, possibly square concrete structure between it and the promenade. <1>
This area has been significantly altered since the war and nothing now remains of the pillbox.
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-4005, July 1946 (AP). SEX67877.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- WWII Defences of Clacton - Fred Nash visits December 2006 (Ref: Nash TEN Dec 2006)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-4005. July 1946. |
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