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Strongpoint, with a full height loopholed wall.
(Source: Article 1997)
A strongpoint made by modifications, with a loopholed wall, to an original roofed gateway and concrete artificial cliffs in the grounds of Bawdsey Manor.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/06/22)
Pillbox on cliff side with large chamber formed from original 'grotto', and two embrasures, one rifle, one LMG.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/07/25)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | At cliff edge of formal gardens, Bawdsey Manor. |
Area |
Bawdsey, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TM 33599 37819
|
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 | (2) - sheet of xeroxed photographs and plan and section. |
Photographs |
![]() (4) - 2 site and exterior views, 2 interior (photocopies). |
DOB site reference: | S0007483 |
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 |