Monument record SUY 119 - Type 27 pillbox

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Summary

Type 27 pillbox. External yellow brick shuttering largely gone. No steel plates at embrasures. MG mount on square pillar on round column. Square vents. Entrance faces W. [Recorder John Harding gives grid reference TL 86824195]

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 8683 4199 (8m by 7m)
Map sheet TL84SE
Civil Parish SUDBURY, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

In Sudbury Meadows, on the W bank of the River Stour, some 500m SE of Brundon Mill. Type 27 pillbox. External yellow brick shuttering largely gone. No steel plates at embrasures. MG mount on square pillar on round column. Square vents. Entrance faces W (S1).

Part of defence works associated with the Colne - Mildenhall stopline (S2).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Digital archive: Defence of Britain Project archive. UORN: S0006433.
  • <S2> Unpublished document: Foot, W. 2009. Defence Areas: a national study of Second World War anti-invasion landscapes in England. Defence Area 9. Sudbury.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Sep 9 2016 11:21AM

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