| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed) on the sea wall at Battery Point |
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| SMR Number: | 10049 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 231 183 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM21NW |
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| Parish: | FRINTON AND WALTON, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
It is reliably reported that a pillbox once stood on the sea wall at Holland Gap.
Full description
It is reliably reported that a pillbox once stood on the sea wall at Holland Gap. There are two corners here. The seaward corner where the pillbox stood is known locally as Battery Point and old WWII military maps show the words "Gun Emplacement (Disused)". This probably refers to a WWI gun site rather than WWII. <1> <2> The positioning of this pillbox is entirely logical and continues the line of defences along the sea wall. One photo of site. <3>
<1> local resident, unknown, PERS COMM by wartime landowner (Verbal communication). SEX31451.
<2> unknown, unknown, Archaeology Section archives (Map). SEX31499.
<3> Nash, Fred, 1993, SMR, one frame (Photograph). SEX31432.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Verbal communication: local resident. unknown. PERS COMM by wartime landowner. |
| <2> | Map: unknown. unknown. Archaeology Section archives. |
| <3> | Photograph: Nash, Fred. 1993. SMR. one frame. |
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