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Standard type 27 pillbox. [Interior access not possible]. All external brick shuttering has gone. Some remains of metal camouflage net supports on roof. One piece steel plates at embrasures. Entrance faces S.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/10/05)
Pillbox on very edge of river, facing N. Now concrete faced - brick shuttering lost? Very small embrasures. Has notice affixed - 'Dangerous currents and obstructions in all areas of the river'. The concrete base of the pillbox is being undermined by river bank erosion.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/06/12)
Pillbox with 3ft 6ins walls. Serial no. S. 99. Cassini ref. 325592.
(Source: Document 1941/11/14)
Octagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1970)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/27) |
|---|---|
| Location | Friar's Meadow, Sudbury - on opposite (S) bank of River Stour to meadow, about midway in the meadow (public open space). |
| Area |
Sudbury, Suffolk, England |
| Grid reference |
TL 87480 40745
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1970)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete, Steel |
| Threats |
Type: River bank erosion (Medium Term) Detail: The concrete base of the pillbox is being undermined by river bank erosion. |
| 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. 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]. |
| Photographs |
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| Adjacent sites | Site (RS.8/37) 350m to WSW. |
| DOB site reference: | S0006410 |
| Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1941/11/14 Suffolk Sub Area Defence Scheme |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/10/05 Field Visit, On 2002/06/12 |
