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Pillbox, variant.
This could be a lookout post or searchlight position due to large embrasure and open area to the front of the structure. The structure is situated on the Naze with a group of other pillboxes. The structure is brick shuttered.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/05/20)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | On sea shore, Walton-on-the-Naze |
Area |
Frinton and Walton, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TM 263 242
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1985)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Coastal erosion (Immediate) Detail: The structure is under threat from coastal erosion. |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Essex coast defences - Coastal crust defences Walton-on-the-Naze nodal point - Defences of Walton-on-the-Naze category 'A' nodal point in No.4 region. Cassini ref. M73. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
DOB site reference: | S0006789 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/05/20 |