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Small type 22 pillbox. Unprotected entrance with rifle embrasure to the left. 5 large embrasures, each one of which has a metal pivot (like an inverted thimble) to support a gun[?]. Metal vertical bars are also at the sides of the embrasures. Torn off remains of wooden shelves are beneath each embrasure on the interior. Brick shuttering. Brick anti-ricochet wall. Grass on roof. Faces SW.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/03/14)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | By a sunken lane overlooking a large area of farmland with a small river in the distance.
[with site location PLAN drawn on the form]. |
Area |
Little Bradley, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TL 677 518
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1994)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete, Steel, Wood |
Recorder | Burden, Susannah |
Defence grouping |
Eastern Command: Witham to Bradley Stop Line - A subsidiary stop line sited between Eastern Command Line and the GHQ Line: it runs from the coast inland via Witham to Bradley. |
Photographs |
(4) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0006324 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/03/14 |