| Name: | Pillbox (destroyed), clifftop walk, opp. Connaught Gdns West, Clacton-on-Sea |
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| SMR Number: | 21202 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TM 187 153 |
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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
A plan of the wartime defences along the seafront at Clacton-on-Sea (see SMR 21178) shows a pillbox, annotated âKâ, on the clifftop walk opposite Connaught Gardens West, 20 yards W of a public shelter. <1>
An aerial photograph taken in July 1941 shows, here, a heavily camouflaged construction totally blocking the path, undoubtedly the pillbox. <2>
An aerial photograph taken in July 1946 shows nothing of the pillbox, it clearly having been demolished and cleared away by that date. <3>
<1> CRE, Colchester - WDLA, N. Essex, 1944, Dwg. No. 1908, July 1944 (Map). SEX67942.
<2> RAF, 1941, S346-50, July 1941 (AP). SEX67891.
<3> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1673-3041, July 1946 (AP). SEX67892.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- WWII Defences of Clacton - Fred Nash visits January 2007 (Ref: Nash TEN Jan 2007)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Map: CRE, Colchester - WDLA, N. Essex. 1944. Dwg. No. 1908. July 1944. |
| <2> | AP: RAF. 1941. S346-50. July 1941. |
| <3> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3041. July 1946. |
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