Monument record LCS 123 - World War II practice trenches.
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 47545 64501 (152m by 51m) |
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Map sheet | TM46SE |
Civil Parish | LEISTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
A series of pits and trenches are visible on aerial photographs from 1941 onwards as earthworks on the high ground overlooking the beach at Sizewell, centred roughly on TM47546450 (S1). They appear at roughly the same time as the anti-tank cubes LCS 122, and follow the same alignment, from roughly TM47466447 to TM47626452. They serve no obvious function, and are probably practice trenches dug at the same time that the cubes were installed. They are clearly visible on photographs of 1945, and can still be seen, although in a much degraded form, on photographs taken in 1975 (S2, S3).
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Record last edited
Aug 12 2013 3:01PM