Monument record FMP 025 - World War II type 22 pillbox with brick anti-ricochet wall.

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Summary

Standard type 22 pillbox, thick-walled. Brick anti-ricochet wall. No embrasures in entrance wall as a right-angled (and partially roofed) blast wall with a single embrasure is sited in front. Entrance faces S. Soil/grass on roof. The pillbox was most likely part of a Second World War defensive line along the River Lark and is in close proximity to further a pillbox to the east (FMP 016).

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 811 705 (6m by 6m)
Map sheet TL87SW
Civil Parish FLEMPTON, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

In Lackford Wildfowl reserve (Suffolk Wildlife Trust), nr. NE corner of easternmost lake, on opposite side to hide. Standard type 22 pillbox, thick-walled. Brick anti-ricochet wall. No embrasures in entrance wall as a right-angled (and partially roofed) blast wall with a single embrasure is sited in front. Entrance faces S. Soil/grass on roof.

November 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A Second World War pillbox is seen as a structure on aerial photographs (S2-S3). The pillbox seems to be hexagonal in form and can be seen as a structure in the 1940s and is partially obscured by vegetation on recent (2016) aerial photographs. The pillbox was most likely part of a Second World War defensive line along the River Lark and is in close proximity to further a pillbox to the east (FMP 016)
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 29th November 2019.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Digital archive: Defence of Britain Project archive. UORN: S0006305.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/61 V 5068-5069 05-FEB-1946 (HEA Original Print).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery TL8170 01-MAY-2016 (Digital Colour).

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Record last edited

Mar 9 2020 2:08PM

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