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Upturned cupola of a Tett turret, about 4ft across at the base and standing 18ins high. It has been damaged and metal reinforcing rods are revealed. It used to be set on a square brick base, and hidden by undergrowth on the railway embankment is a small part of a brick revetment which might have been part of this base. [This artefact ought to be preserved in a museum].
(Source: Field Visit 1998/12/02)
Site where Tett Turret originally positioned pointed out by local resident. The cupola lies on the lower slopes of the embankment: it is damaged with reinforcement rods showing, and other parts of it lie adjacent. Local resident says he will keep his eye on it. He recalls playing in the turret immediately after the war.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/12/14)
Tett turret - rare one-man pillbox. [This structure is now reported as totally destroyed - 2001].
(Source: Photograph 1985)
| Type of site | TETT TURRET |
|---|---|
| Location | On W side of disused railway embankment near A131 road leading into Sudbury. |
| Area |
Sudbury, Suffolk, England |
| Grid reference |
TL 8660 4087
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1980)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Very Bad |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Theft (Medium Term) Detail: These is a danger of this artefact being removed. |
| Recorder | Burden, Susannah |
| Defence grouping |
Eastern Command: Corps and Command Stop Lines - One of three Eastern Command Corps stop lines, this one running from the River Colne in Essex via Wakes Colne and Bures, along the River Stour to Sudbury and Long Melford, and thence to Bury St. Edmunds and the River Lark at Mildenhall. Its final stretch (known now as the Command Line) was via Littleport along the line of the River Great Ouse to King's Lynn. Sudbury nodal point - Defences of Sudbury category 'A' nodal point in No.4 region. Cassini ref. M3259. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
| Attached Sheets | (2) - site location plan and letter (10.06.00) with up date of condition |
| Photographs |
(3) - site views. |
| DOB site reference: | S0006029 |
| Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/01/02 Field Visit, On 1999/12/14 |
