Monument record WLB 044 - WWII date barbed wire obstruction partially enclosing a trench and 3 pillboxes near Walberswick

An irregular semi-circular stretch of barbed wire can be seen as a structure on 1941 aerial photographs (S1) to the south of Walberswick. It partially encloses a length of trench, with associated bank and 2, or possibly 3, pillboxes. The pillboxes are located at TM49587442, TM49567443 and TM49577445. These features are most likely to have functioned together as some kind of military strongpoint during World War II, as part of the defence of the coast in this area. The trenches and pillboxes can still be seen on photographs from 1945 (S2), while only very faint, fragmentary traces of the location of the barbed wire are visible by that date.
Two square and one hexagonal pillboxes at Walberswick (S3).

Near public footpath S of Walberswick A pillbox variant, sometimes termed a 'Suffolk Square'. Very overgrown (S4).

At W end of a small field, near public footpath, S of Walberswick Pillbox, facing S (S5).