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A pillbox variant, sometimes termed a 'Suffolk Square'. Internally there are concrete shelves but no anti-ricochet wall. There are two embrasures to each wall with the exception of the entrance wall with one embrasure. The floor is set almost 18in below ground level and at the entrance there are steps down.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/03/26)
Pillbox, facing S.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/07/07)
Square pillbox, concrete block faced, with attached blast wall. Brick inside. Access difficult and dangerous. Faces sea (S). This pillbox was possibly the command post detailed in a documentary source [See 'References'].
(Source: Field Visit 2002/07/02)
Square structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1976)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (VARIANT)
      

      

        Location
        In hedgerow near public footpath, S of Walberswick.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Walberswick, Suffolk, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TM 49575 74458
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1976)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Concrete Block, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is very overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Burden, Susannah
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Suffolk coast defences - Defences of the Suffolk coastline and immediate hinterland. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (VARIANT) - S0011780
         

     (4) - three external and one internal view (1 DIGITISED - Clarke).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0011780

      

      

        Reference
        
             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

             1941/05 Intelligence Summaries

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 2002/07/02 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2000/03/26 

            Field Visit, On 2000/07/07 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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