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Type 24 pillbox of poured concrete, with skirt of concrete sandbag retaining wall.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/10/14)
Type 24 pillbox, with a skirt formed by dry laying a retaining wall of concrete sandbags 36ins away from the pillbox walls - resultant space filled with earth. Skirt slopes up at an angle of about 20 degrees from the front. Internal blast wall straight, and parallel with rear pillbox wall.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/06/22)
Two pillboxes are plotted from aerial photographs at this location - TM 33543823 and TM 33603823 - surrounded on the N side by barbed wire.
(Source: SMR 2001)
Hexagonal pillbox. It has a 'skirt' of concreted sandbags, some of which survive well. Faces lane (N). Brick interior blast wall. No access. On private land.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/07/03)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
---|---|
Location | S of Ferry Road at N edge of former Bawdsey radar station estate. |
Area |
Bawdsey, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TM 33607 38257
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete, Sandbags |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is overgrown. |
Recorder | Thomas, Roger J.C. (English Heritage (York Office)) |
Defence grouping |
Bawdsey radar station defences - Ground defences of Bawdsey radar station (RAF Bawdsey). |
Attached Sheets | (1) - sheet with printed copies of photographs. |
Photographs |
(4) - exterior views (three, photocopies).. |
DOB site reference: | S0006061 |
Associated Identifier | Suffolk SMR (ref: XS19369) |
Reference |
1997/06 The Defences of RAF Bawdsey |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/10/14 Field Visit, On 2002/07/03 Field Visit, On 1996/06/22 |