| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), W of gun site, clifftop, Holland-on-Sea |
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| SMR Number: | 10782 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 192 156 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM11NE |
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| Parish: | CLACTON-ON-SEA, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
A type FW3/22 pillbox standing on the clifftop.
Full description
1996: A low level aerial photograph taken in 1948 shows a type FW3/22 pillbox standing on the clifftop approx. 120 yards to the W of the 6 inch gun site (SMR 10783). Its entrance is on the NW face and it appears to have a protective skirt of concrete. <1> <2>
The area is now a grassy clifftop.
A postcard, franked in 1952, shows this pillbox in the foreground and what appears to be one of the gun casemates in the background. <3>
<1> RAF, 1948, 58-89-5229 (AP). SEX61256.
<2> Wills, H, 1985, Pillboxes, p.28 (DESC TEXT). SEX31431.
<3> unknown, 1952, Postcard of Holland-on-Sea (Photograph). SEX61257.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (WWII, Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- WWII Coastal Defences - Fred Nash visits 1996-1997 (Ref: Nash ESSEX Dec 1996-Jan 1997)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1948. 58-89-5229. |
| <2> | DESC TEXT: Wills, H. 1985. Pillboxes. p.28. |
| <3> | Photograph: unknown. 1952. Postcard of Holland-on-Sea. postcard. |
Related records
| 10783 | Related to: 6 inch Coastal Artillery Battery (destroyed), Holland-on-Sea (Monument) |
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