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Probably type 24 pillbox. Difficult access, in marshy area of dense reeds, etc. [Recorder inspected pillbox from footpath on opposite bank or river]. Unusual roof with thin overhanging concrete 'eaves'. Door faces N. Access may originally have been via a track from West Row and a footbridge across the river - now gone - brick abutments are visible a short distance upstream.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/08/11)
Documentary source lists this as a Bren gun pillbox, 2% completed at 11.8.40. Job no.94. Cassini ref. 123936.
(Source: Document 1940/08/11)
Concrete-faced pillbox [type 24?], with unusual overhanging roof slab at corners. Roof appears very thin, unless this is confined to the overhang. Access not possible. Faces river - N.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/06/18)
Hexagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1978)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
|---|---|
| Location | At The Fen, on the S bank of the River Lark, half a mile E of Jude's Ferry, West Row - near the NE corner of a wood. |
| Area |
Freckenham, Suffolk, England |
| Grid reference |
TL 67045 74958
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1978)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
| Recorder | Silverlock, R.A. |
| 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. |
| Photographs |
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| DOB site reference: | S0006388 |
| Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1940/08/11 Defence Works Progress Reports |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1995/08/11 Field Visit, On 2002/06/18 |
