| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), London Road, Great Clacton |
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| SMR Number: | 21242 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 171 160 |
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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
Contemporary records state, ‘Erection of pillbox. Adj. 55, London Road, Clacton-on-Sea’. <1>
This pillbox can be seen on an aerial photograph taken in July 1946. it stood on a bend on the S side of London Road alongside the garden of No. 55. The photograph shows that it was probably a Type FW3/22 with a surrounding ‘skirt’ of concrete. The entrance was on the S side. <2> See ‘Road Barrier (destroyed), London Road, Great Clacton’ (SMR 21241).
There is now no trace of the pillbox and the point where it once stood is the parking area for allotments.
<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Clacton (LIST). SEX31436.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-4059, July 1946 (AP). SEX67902.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)? (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- WWII Defences of Clacton - Fred Nash visits April 2007 (Ref: Nash TEN Apr 2007)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Clacton. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-4059. July 1946. |
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