Monument record LWT 202 - A surviving pillbox in Gunton Park, part of LWT 200 and the wider defensive network of LWT 045

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Summary

A surviving type 22 pillbox in Gunton Park, which formed part of a defensive group of at least five pillboxes within the park (LWT 200), 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. The wider system forms a perimeter defence or ‘stop line’ around Lowestoft. See LWT 194-199 for other nearby components of this defensive system. The group is located to the south of Gunton Hall, which was obviously in use as a military camp during World War Two (LWT 201).

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 5367 9582 (9m by 9m)
Map sheet	TM59NW
Civil Parish	LOWESTOFT, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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PILLBOX (Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

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September 2013. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
A surviving type 22 pillbox in Gunton Park, which formed part of a defensive group of at least five pillboxes within the park (LWT 200), 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-S2). The site is centred on TM 5367 9582. The wider system forms a perimeter defence or ‘stop line’ around Lowestoft. See LWT 194-199 for other nearby components of this defensive system. The group is located to the south of Gunton Hall, which was obviously in use as a military camp during World War Two (LWT 201).
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 12th September 2013.

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<S1> SSX55025 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/LA/27 RP 3088-3089 05-AUG-1944 (EHA).
<S2> SSX55025 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. OS/86086 016-7 13-JUN-1986 EHA).

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Event - Interpretation: TM59NW. Lothingland Study Area. NMP National Mapping Programme Project for Lothingland, Greater Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths (Ref: English Heritage Project No. 6642) (ESX22032)

Record last edited

May 18 2020 8:54PM