Monument record LWT 249 - World War Two pillbox and other defensive structures

Please read our guidance about the use of Suffolk Historic Environment Record data.

Summary

The site of a former World War Two type 22 pillbox and other defensive structures and temporary training activity are on aerial photographs. These formed part of the wider system of defences recorded under LWT 045.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 5358 9362 (145m by 114m)
Map sheet	TM59SW
Civil Parish	LOWESTOFT, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Type and Period (3)

Full Description

May 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
The site of a former World War Two type 22 pillbox and other defensive structures and temporary training activity are on aerial photographs (S1-S2). The rectangular roofless structure is of uncertain function and may have been damaged earlier in the war. These structures formed part of the wider system of defences recorded under LWT 045.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 20th May 2014.

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSX55025 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/LA/21 RP 3052-3053 04-JUL-1944 (EHA).
<S2> SSX55025 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/UK/761 RV 6124-6125 02-SEP-1945 (EHA).

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Sep 25 2014 4:49PM