Monument record REY 038 - World War II military strongpoint, east of Reydon

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Summary

World War II military strongpoint, east of Reydon

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 6505e 2775e (200m by 148m)
Map sheet TM62NE
Civil Parish REYDON, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

Map

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

A section of zig-zag trench c 90m long can be seen adjacent to a field boundary in a field east of Reydon on a 1941 aerial photograph (S1). It is surrounded on 3 sides by a barbed wire obstruction, forming some kind of military strongpoint. The features would appear to be of World War II date (S1).
Pillbox and trench shown in fig. 32 of the source. Visible on the 1945 vertical AP (S2, S3).

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> Photograph: RAF. Air Photograph. 2BC/BR173 FrmB11 17-Jun-1941.
  • <S2> Machine readable data file: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group, unrecorded defence sites for inclusion in the HER.
  • <S3> Bibliographic reference: Liddiard, R. and Sims, D.. 2014. A Guide to Second World War Archaeology in Suffolk. Guide 1: Lowestoft to Southwold. 1.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Record last edited

Feb 13 2024 3:42PM

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