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Type 24 pillbox of poured concrete. Skirt of brick retaining wall.
(Source: Article 1997)
Type 24 pillbox, with skirt formed by a 13ins high brick retaining wall built 3ft from the pillbox - space filled with sand and 'tiled' with thin concrete sandbags.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/06/22)
Hexagonal pillbox on raised base plotted from aerial photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1945/09/23)
Hexagonal structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1970)
Hexagonal concrete-faced pillbox set on 'skirt' made of brick and concrete. Some of 'skirt' disintegrating. Faces NNW. No access: private land.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/07/03)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
---|---|
Location | Bawdsey radar station, towards E end of grounds. |
Area |
Bawdsey, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TM 34242 38420
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1970)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete, Sandbags |
Recorder | Purcell, Simon (Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey) |
Defence grouping |
Bawdsey radar station defences - Ground defences of Bawdsey radar station (RAF Bawdsey). |
Attached Sheets | (2) - sheets of xeroxed photographs. |
Photographs |
![]() (7) - site, close-up, and exterior views (photocopies). |
DOB site reference: | S0007488 |
Associated Identifier | Suffolk SMR (ref: XS19376) |
Reference |
1997/06 The Defences of RAF Bawdsey 1945/09/23 106G/UK/832 (fr 4082) |
Event |
Field Visit, On 2002/07/03 Construction, In the period 1940/07 Field Visit, On 1996/06/22 |