| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Greensward opposite The Crescent, Frinton |
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| SMR Number: | 10059 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 241 199 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM21NW |
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| Parish: | FRINTON AND WALTON, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
This pillbox is recalled locally as having stood on The Greensward opposite The Crescent.
Full description
This pillbox is recalled locally as having stood on The Greensward opposite The Crescent. <1> An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in 1946 shows the shape of an hexagonal pillbox, with an adjoining small rectangle on its landward side, in the grass at this point. This is possibly the concrete base of a Type FW3/22 with an anti-aircraft well, after the pillbox had been demolished. <2> <3> One photo of site. <4>
<1> local resident, unknown, PERS COMM by wartime landowner (Verbal communication). SEX31451.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-3094 (AP). SEX31514.
<3> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, p28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.
<4> Nash, Fred, 1996, WWII defences, one frame (Photograph). SEX31461.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Conservation Area: Frinton and Walton
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Verbal communication: local resident. unknown. PERS COMM by wartime landowner. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3094. |
| <3> | DESC TEXT: Wills, H. 1985. Pillboxes. p28. |
| <4> | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1996. WWII defences. one frame. |
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