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Square-shaped (12ft x 12ft) pillbox with exterior blast wall. 8 embrasures. Entrance 2ft 6ins x 2ft 6ins.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/10/08)
Pillbox, seen from a distance, appears to be like the 'Suffolk square' type of structure.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/03/25)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX
      

      

        Location
        N of Covehithe, 300 yards N of Covehithe Church and 400 yards from sea cliff.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Covehithe, Suffolk, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TM 526 824
             (Scale: 1:50000
              , 1988)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Coastal erosion (Long Term) 
Detail: Coastal erosion will eventually destroy this structure.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Harvey, G.P.J.
      

      

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

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - plan and elevations (DIGITISED) and additional SRF by Sue Burden.

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX - S0006113
         

     (1) - general view  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Pillboxes at TM 535832 and TM 521804.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0006113

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1997/10/08 

            Field Visit, On 2000/03/25 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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