Summary

Pillbox (destroyed)

Full description

A plan of the wartime defences along the seafront at Clacton-on-Sea (see SMR 21178) shows a pillbox, annotated ‘M’, on the clifftop walk by the SW corner of a shelter. <1> However, an aerial photograph taken in July 1941 shows no shelter here (having clearly been taken away) and what appears to be a camouflaged structure a few yards to the E.

An aerial photograph taken in July 1946 shows that by that date the entire section of walkway and been cleared and re-tarmaced and the shelter replaced. With some doubt as to the exact position of the pillbox, the NGR above is that shown on the plan. <2> <3>

<1> CRE, Colchester - WDLA, N. Essex, 1944, Dwg. No. 1908, July 1944 (Map). SEX67942.

<2> unknown, 1941, S346-48, July 1941 (AP). SEX67889.

<3> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-3042, July 1946 (AP). SEX67887.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

• WWII Defences of Clacton - Fred Nash visits January 2007 (Ref: Nash TEN Jan 2007)

Protected Status

• Conservation Area: Clacton Seafront

Sources and further reading

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