Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), promenade, opp. Connaught Gdns East/ First Ave, Clacton-on-Sea |
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SMR Number: | 21203 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Grid Reference: | TM 188 153 |
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Map Sheet: | TM11NE |
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Parish: | CLACTON-ON-SEA, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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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 ‘J’, at the point where a breakwater joins the promenade. This position is directly opposite what was, at the time, Passmore Edwards House standing between Connaught Gardens East and First Avenue. <1>
In July 1941 aerial photographs were taken of the seafront and at the junction of the breakwater and promenade is what appears to be an hexagonal structure, clearly the pillbox. <2>
An OS map dated 1971 shows the promenade end of the breakwater as a half-hexagonal. This would have been the remains of the pillbox base after it had been cleared away at the end of the war. <3>
In January 2007, the entire stretch of the seawall has been reprofiled and nothing remains to be seen of the seafront pillboxes.
<1> CRE, Colchester - WDLA, N. Essex, 1944, Dwg. No. 1908, July 1944 (Map). SEX67942.
<2> RAF, 1941, S346-50, July 1941 (AP). SEX67891.
<3> Ordnance Survey, unknown, 1:1250 OS Post War National Grid, TM1815 (Map). SEX64245.
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)
Sources and further reading
<1> | Map: CRE, Colchester - WDLA, N. Essex. 1944. Dwg. No. 1908. July 1944. |
<2> | AP: RAF. 1941. S346-50. July 1941. |
<3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. unknown. 1:1250 OS Post War National Grid. TM1815. |
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