| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), Greensward opposite Cedars Hotel, Frint |
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| SMR Number: | 10058 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 238 195 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM21NW |
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| Parish: | FRINTON AND WALTON, TENDRING, ESSEX |
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Summary
In 1940 a local builder, Symes, was commissioned to build all the pillboxes in Frinton and Walton.
Full description
In 1940 a local builder, Symes, was commissioned to build all the pillboxes in Frinton and Walton. This pillbox is recalled locally as having stood a few yards to the SW of the public shelter on the cliff edge. <1> It was demolished immediately after the war. An aerial photograph taken by the RAF in July 1946 shows its probable remains. <2>
<1> local resident, unknown, PERS COMM by wartime landowner (Verbal communication). SEX31451.
<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-3094 (AP). SEX31514.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Conservation Area: Frinton and Walton
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Verbal communication: local resident. unknown. PERS COMM by wartime landowner. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3094. |
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