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Pillbox, built into ruin of chapel. Stone facing.
(Source: Field Visit 1995)
The pillbox is built within Old Leiston Abbey and heavily camouflaged to blend in with the ruin.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/30)
Pillbox, scheduled with the abbey ruins into which it is built.
(Source: English Heritage schedule )
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | At Minsmere Chapel, Old Leiston Abbey. N of Sizewell Power Station - on road between Dunwich and Sizewell. |
Area |
Leiston, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TM 4726 6600
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1983)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete, Stone |
Recorder | Kerr, Alistair Graham |
Defence grouping |
Suffolk coast defences - Defences of the Suffolk coastline and immediate hinterland. |
Attached Sheets | (3) - description of site, map, and photographs on sheet. |
Photographs |
(2) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0006466 |
Associated Identifier | Scheduled Monument (ref: 21404) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1995 Field Visit, On 1996/09/30 |