Site Event/Activity record ESF30850 - Archaeological Survey - World War II Uncovered Sample survey of WWII heritage at risk along the Suffolk Coast

Walkover survey to identify sites/assets liable to be under threat from coastal erosion over the coming decades and to test the accuracy of existing records. A number of well-known and previously recorded sites and findspots were identified. These comprised pillboxes and lines of anti-tank cubes, some of which has clearly suffered from the effects of coastal erosion since their initial recording. Three sample areas were chosen for the survey, these were at Bawdsey (Area A; from the northern edge of Bawdsey Estate to East Lane), Sizewell (Area B; Sizewell power station to Dunwich Heath) and Walberswick (Area C; a 2.5km stretch south of the river mouth). A fourth area, the stretch of coast immediately to the north of Southwold (Area D), was also proposed although map regression suggested that all WWII coastal sites would have been already been lost through erosion.