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Two large concrete blocks now incorporated in modern sea wall defences. Approx 7ft high.
One block has a bronze plaque with the following inscription:
`County Borough of Southend-on-Sea. 'On the threat of invasion by German forces in 1940 1804 of these concrete blocks were constructed on the sea front as part of the coastal defences.''
(Source: Field Visit 1998/04/17)
Type of site | CUBE |
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Location | Eastern Esplanade near the Old Pier, Southend -on-Sea |
Area |
Southend-on-Sea, Southend, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 895 848
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1968)
|
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]. |
DOB site reference: | S0000430 |
Reference |
1998/06 World War Two Defences in Essex, Interim Report |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In 1998/04/17 |