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This is probably the pillbox scheduled with the remains of Babwell Friary.

Destroyed pillbox of unknown type. Flat section of concrete on river bank may be remains of base.

Standard type 27 pillbox. Entrance faces W. Steel one-piece plates surround embrasures. Cylindrical central pillar and steel MG mount. Round vents. Brick internal shuttering. [Recorder John Harding gives grid reference TL 88425986]

Standard type 27 pillbox. One-piece steel plates around embrasures, round pillar with steel MG mount, round vents. Brick internal shuttering. Entrance faces S. Earth/grass on roof.

Probably thick-walled type 22 pillbox, now surrounded by high wire fence [recorder unable to enter]. Pillbox also partly covered in vegetation. Small embrasures (none in entrance wall). Blast wall with right-angled ends in front of entrance. Entrance...

Small type 22 pillbox. Unprotected entrance with rifle embrasure to the left. 5 large embrasures, each one of which has a metal pivot (like an inverted thimble) to support a gun[?]. Metal vertical bars are also at the sides of the embrasures. Torn of...

Standard type 22 pillbox. Faced with red brick to roof slab level. Entrance faces E. [Cannot be closely inspected as completely surrounded and covered by dense shrub and vine growth].

Standard type 22 pillbox, thick-walled. Brick anti-ricochet wall. No embrasures in entrance wall but embrasure in blast wall (with returned ends) opposite entrance which faces E.

Type 23 pillbox, of 'crude' construction. Separate blast wall outside entrance, approx. 1.8m high x 0.9m wide x 0.4m thick. Embrasures in annex have lintels over. Vertical crack in full height of one side of annex.

Type 22 pillbox, of standard construction. Steel plates above embrasures. Brick anti-ricochet wall. Entrance faces W. Concrete cracked.