| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), The Samuel Lewis Home, Walton |
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| SMR Number: | 10619 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 264 233 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM22SE |
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| Parish: | FRINTON AND WALTON, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
Contemporary records state, "Concrete pillbox and firing platform.
Full description
1995: Contemporary records state, "Concrete pillbox and firing platform. Samuel Lewis Home, The Naze, NE corner of garden. Map ref. 711411" (Mil.Ed.). <1> The Samuel Lewis Seaside Convalescent Home no longer exists and the area is now housing. The NE corner of the garden would place the pillbox 30/40 yards from the cliff edge.
February 2012: An aerial photograph taken in February 1941 shows the pillbox immediately outside the NE corner of the garden although its type can not be determined. <2>
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Walton (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1941, RAF-2F-BR251-FRAME 2, February 1941 (AP). SEX71086.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Tendring District WWII site survey by Fred Nash Feb 2012 (Ref: Nash TEN Feb 2012)
- World War Two Defences Survey 1995 visits by Fred Nash (Ref: Nash TEN Jan-Dec 1995)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Walton. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1941. RAF-2F-BR251-FRAME 2. February 1941. |
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