Data copyright © Council for British Archaeology unless otherwise stated
This work is licensed under the ADS Terms of Use and Access.
Council for British Archaeology
92 Micklegate
York
YO1 6JX
England
Tel: +44 (0)1904
Fax: 671417
Small structure on roof of a building on the pier. Large open embrasure faces seaward.
(Source: Field Visit 1993/11)
Type of site | COASTAL OBSERVATION POST |
---|---|
Location | The Pier, Southend -on-Sea |
Area |
Southend-on-Sea, Southend, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 894 847
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Beanse, Alec |
Defence grouping |
Essex coast defences - Coastal crust defences Southend nodal point - Defences of Southend category 'A' nodal point in No.4 region. Cassini ref. M30. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
Photographs | (1) - external view |
DOB site reference: | S0000429 |
Reference |
1998/06 World War Two Defences in Essex, Interim Report |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In 1998/04/17 |