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Probable type 22 pillbox (DESTROYED).
(Source: Field Visit 1995/03/04)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | On high ground, SSW of Abbey Farm, Ixworth. |
Area |
Ixworth, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TL 923 713
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Purcell, Simon (Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey) |
Defence grouping |
Eastern Command: River Orwell - River Gt. Ouse Stop Line - Eastern Command line running from mouth of the River Orwell, via Ipswich, the River Gipping, Haughley, Tostock and the Little Ouse to Euston. Then via the Little Ouse to the Great Ouse. Ixworth nodal point - Defences of Ixworth category 'B' nodal point in No.4 region. Cassini ref.M3889. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
DOB site reference: | S0006301 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/03/04 Destruction, Before 1995 |