Summary

Pillbox (destroyed)

Full description

Contemporary records state, ‘Concrete pillbox and sandbagged weapon pit S.E. corner. Summerhouse Farm, Jaywick Lane, O.S. No. 254. Map ref. 600334’. (Mil. Ed.) <1>

Field O.S. No. 254 lay to the E of Jaywick Lane and this pillbox can be clearly seen on an aerial photograph taken in July 1946. <2> It stood on the E side of the field, almost certainly a Type FW3/22 with a surrounding ‘skirt’. An aerial photograph taken in June 1960 shows it to have been demolished by then and the area is now an open recreational field. <3>

<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Clacton (LIST). SEX31436.

<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-3046, July 1946 (AP). SEX67907.

<3> Hunting Surveys Limited, 1960, Run 19-090, June 1960 (AP). SEX67908.

Monument Types

• PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

• WWII Defences of Clacton - Fred Nash visits August 2007 (Ref: Nash TEN Aug 2007)

Sources and further reading

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