Monument record LWT 198 - Site of World War Two defensive structures, part of wider defensive network LWT 045

September 2013. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
The site of World War Two a type 22 pillbox and associated defensive structures, which originally part of wider defensive network, consisting of an extensive line of anti-tank cubes, barbed wire obstructions and associated defences (see LWT 045) is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S4). The site is centred on TM 5329 9555. The wider system forms a perimeter defence or ‘stop line’ around Lowestoft. See LWT 194-6, LWT 198-200 for other nearby components of this defensive system. The wider system forms a perimeter defence or ‘stop line’ around Lowestoft. See LWT 194-7, LWT 199-200 for other nearby components of this defensive system. The site consists of a camouflaged type 22 pillbox (visible uncovered in 1947 (S4)), located in the centre of the field, and an earthen defended area set within the hedge line, which appears to be concealing a further structure, which is partially visible in 1944 (S2). This may have been a further gun emplacement or potentially an air raid shelter.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 12th September 2013.