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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.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/03/26)
Square pillbox plotted from aerial photograph. There appears to be a slit trench running behind it. [see UORN 16152].
(Source: Air Photograph 1952/04/09)
Very large, square pillbox with two embrasures in each face. Brick shuttering inside and concrete shelves. Concrete block facing, probably used as shuttering. Faces towards sea (S). By footpath, with exterior and interior access.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/07/02)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
|---|---|
| Location | At E end of Hoist Covert, on hillside overlooking marsh, next to public footpath, S of Walberswick. |
| Area |
Walberswick, Suffolk, England |
| Grid reference |
TM 48704 74031
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1999)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete Block, Reinforced Concrete |
| Recorder | Burden, Susannah |
| Defence grouping |
Suffolk coast defences - Defences of the Suffolk coastline and immediate hinterland. |
| Photographs |
(2) - external views |
| DOB site reference: | S0011782 |
| Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1952/04/09 540/705 (fr 5363) |
| Event |
Field Visit, On 2002/07/02 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/03/26 |
