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Pillbox, brick-shuttered, with stepped pre-cast concrete embrasures. Embrasure above low doorway. Entrance facing E. Pillbox in hedgeline.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/08/17)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | About midway between Brandon and Lakenheath railway station on Chalk Road (track); W of site of Fenhouse Farm and on S edge of trackway. |
Area |
Brandon, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TL 7435 8651
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: Pillbox heavily overgrown. |
Recorder | Silverlock, R.A. |
Defence grouping |
Eastern Command: River Orwell - River Gt. Ouse Stop Line - Eastern Command line running from mouth of the River Orwell, via Ipswich, the River Gipping, Haughley, Tostock and the Little Ouse to Euston. Then via the Little Ouse to the Great Ouse. |
Photographs |
(2) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0006281 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/08/17 |