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Type 27 pillbox, thick-walled. External yellow brick shuttering, disintegrating and now largely gone. No steel plates at embrasures. MG mount on square pillar on round column. Square vents. Entrance faces W.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/06/21)
Type 27 pillbox. Stripped of upper brick shuttering. Faces river - E. Overgrown by summer vegetation. Access exterior and interior.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/06/12)
Octagonal pillbox plotted from aerial photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1945/04/17)
Octagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1964)
Pillbox with 3ft 6ins walls. Serial no. S. 109. Cassini ref. 311611.
(Source: Document 1941/11/14)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/27) |
|---|---|
| Location | Near Sudbury Hall, on the W bank of the River Stour, some 400m N of Brundon Mill. |
| Area |
Borley, Essex, England |
| Grid reference |
TL 86308 42672
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1964)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Deterioration (Medium Term) Detail: Remaining brick shuttering threatened by further weathering. |
| 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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| Adjacent sites | Sites (RS.8/35) 400m to NW and (RS.8/18) 400m to S. |
| DOB site reference: | S0006438 |
| Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1941/11/14 Suffolk Sub Area Defence Scheme 1945/04/17 106G/LA/227 (fr 2095) |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/06/21 Field Visit, On 2002/06/12 |
