Defence of Britain Database Anti-invasion record: S0006061

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Type 24 pillbox of poured concrete, with skirt of concrete sandbag retaining wall.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/10/14)
Type 24 pillbox, with a skirt formed by dry laying a retaining wall of concrete sandbags 36ins away from the pillbox walls - resultant space filled with earth. Skirt slopes up at an angle of about 20 degrees from the front. Internal blast wall straight, and parallel with rear pillbox wall.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/06/22)
Two pillboxes are plotted from aerial photographs at this location - TM 33543823 and TM 33603823 - surrounded on the N side by barbed wire.
(Source: SMR 2001)
Hexagonal pillbox. It has a 'skirt' of concreted sandbags, some of which survive well. Faces lane (N). Brick interior blast wall. No access. On private land.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/07/03)

Type of site	PILLBOX (VARIANT)
Location	S of Ferry Road at N edge of former Bawdsey radar station estate.
Area	Bawdsey, Suffolk, England
Grid reference	TM 33607 38257 (Scale: 1:25000 )
Period	WW2
Condition	Fair
Materials	Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete, Sandbags
Threats	Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is overgrown.
Recorder	Thomas, Roger J.C. (English Heritage (York Office))
Defence grouping	Bawdsey radar station defences - Ground defences of Bawdsey radar station (RAF Bawdsey).
Attached Sheets	(1) - sheet with printed copies of photographs.
Photographs	(4) - exterior views (three, photocopies)..
DOB site reference:	S0006061
Associated Identifier	Suffolk SMR (ref: XS19369)
Reference	1997/06 The Defences of RAF Bawdsey
Event	Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/10/14 Field Visit, On 2002/07/03 Field Visit, On 1996/06/22