| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), The Naze, Walton |
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| SMR Number: | 10620 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 265 233 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM22SE |
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| Parish: | FRINTON AND WALTON, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows the clear shape of a pillbox standing on the cliff edge 150 yards to the SSE of the Naze Tower.
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in 1960 shows the clear shape of a pillbox standing on the cliff edge 150 yards to the SSE of the Naze Tower. <1> It is of the same type as those further N (SMRs 10622, 10623), basically a Type FW3/22 with a rectangular anti-aircraft well on its W side. There is no apparent sign of it in an aerial photograph taken in 1970. <2> <3>
<1> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 15-093 (AP). SEX41380.
<2> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, p28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.
<3> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1970, Run 127-4660 (AP). SEX41381.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1960. Run 15-093. |
| <2> | DESC TEXT: Wills, H. 1985. Pillboxes. p28. |
| <3> | AP: Hunting Surveys Limited. 1970. Run 127-4660. |
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