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A pillbox variant, sometimes termed a 'Suffolk Square'. Very overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/03/26)
Medium machine gun position 'left end of hedge', covering beach at a range of 850 yards. Documentary source. Cassini ref. 94889215. Possibly relates to this site. [Observation post UORN 16018 is either the same site or immediately adjacent].
(Source: Document 1941/08/28)
Pillbox, so overgrown it is almost impossible to see it even at close quarters: no details can be made out. Probably square, and almost certainly faces S.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/07/02)
Square structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1976)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
---|---|
Location | Near public footpath, S of Walberswick. |
Area |
Walberswick, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TM 49565 74430
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1976)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete Block, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Immediate) Detail: The site is very overgrown. |
Recorder | Burden, Susannah |
Defence grouping |
Suffolk coast defences - Defences of the Suffolk coastline and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
(1) - internal view |
DOB site reference: | S0011779 |
Associated Identifier | Suffolk SMR (ref: XS19414) |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1940/10/23 Taktisches Luftbildbuch Nr.3 1941/05 Intelligence Summaries |
Event |
Field Visit, On 2002/07/02 Construction, In the period 1940/06 1940/10 Field Visit, On 2000/03/26 |