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Type 22 pillbox. L-shaped external blast wall.
(Source: Article 1997)
Type 22 pillbox with 'L'-shaped external blast wall. [SGP/SK/37].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/06/22)
Type 22 concrete-faced pillbox, with attached exterior blast wall ('L'-shaped). Small splayed embrasures. Bolts for embrasure shutters. Faces sea (S). No access - private land, but can be seen from the beach.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/07/25)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
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Location | On the SW shoreline of former Bawdsey radar station estate. |
Area |
Bawdsey, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TM 33350 37652
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Purcell, Simon (Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey) |
Defence grouping |
Bawdsey radar station defences - Ground defences of Bawdsey radar station (RAF Bawdsey). |
Attached Sheets | (1) - sheet with photocopies of photographs. |
Photographs |
![]() (3) - external views (2 photocopies). |
DOB site reference: | S0007476 |
Associated Identifier | Suffolk SMR (ref: XS19312) |
Reference |
1997/06 The Defences of RAF Bawdsey |
Event |
Field Visit, On 2002/07/25 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/06/22 |