Monument record LWT 268 - World War Two searchlight battery and type 22 pillbox

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Summary

The site of a World War Two searchlight battery and type 22 pillbox is visible on aerial photographs. The pillbox survives as an extant structure.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 5124 9199 (125m by 188m)
Map sheet	TM59SW
Civil Parish	LOWESTOFT, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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May 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
The site of a World War Two searchlight battery and type 22 pillbox is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). The state of the site earthworks and structures in 1945 (S1) could suggest that this searchlight site was used during the earlier part of the war. The pillbox survives as an extant structure.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 20th May 2014.

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSX55025 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/UK/930 RP 4113-4114 16-OCT-1945 (EHA).
<S2> SSX55025 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/UK/1146 V 5083-5084 30-JAN-1946 (EHA).

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Event - Interpretation: TM59SW. Greater Lowestoft Study Area NMP National Mapping Programme Project for Lothingland, Greater Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths (Ref: English Heritage Project No. 6642) (ESX22034)

Record last edited

Oct 22 2018 3:34PM