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Standard type 27 pillbox. Entrance faces S. Brick internal and external shuttering, but all external shuttering has been removed. Round pillar, metal pivot on square column. Square vents. One-piece steel plates at embrasures.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/10/05)
Viewed from across river. Good, clean example. Steel plates at embrasures. Concrete-faced - all brick shuttering removed? Faces river - N. No access - private land.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/06/12)
Pillbox with 3ft 6ins walls. Serial no. S. 100. Cassini ref. 323591.
(Source: Document 1941/11/14)
Octagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1970)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/27) |
|---|---|
| Location | In Ballingdon Meadow, Sudbury - some 200m S of 'Quay Theatre', on opposite bank of River Stour, some 50m from S bank. |
| Area |
Sudbury, Suffolk, England |
| Grid reference |
TL 87162 40645
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1970)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete, Steel |
| 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 | Sites (RS.8/26) 300m to WNW and (RS.8/38) 350m to ENE. |
| DOB site reference: | S0006411 |
| Reference |
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 |
