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One of two brick built or brick shuttered machine gun posts, for one or two men. There is a large rectangular concrete block between the two posts for unknown purpose, possibly connected with a light or boom.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/06/05)
Type of site | MACHINE GUN POST |
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Location | Bridgewood, on banks of River Orwell, S of Ipswich |
Area |
Nacton, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TM 195 402
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Wood, D.A. (Fortress Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Suffolk coast defences - Defences of the Suffolk coastline and immediate hinterland. |
Attached Sheets | (4) - plan, sketch, letter and sheet of photographs |
Photographs |
(5) - two external views copied onto A4 sheet one general view of concrete block and one internal and one external view (2 DIGITISED) |
DOB site reference: | S0008638 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/06/05 |