Monument record LWT 309 - World War Two defensive system

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Summary

A major World War Two defensive system, consisting of anti-tank ditch system, barbed wire obstructions, anti-tank scaffolding and lines of anti-tank cubes, and associated defences, including pillboxes, gun emplacements, slit trenches and weapons pits, is visible on aerial photographs encircling Lowestoft and running along this section of the East Coast from Corton to Pakefield. The defence is split into two sections, with Lake Lothing and Oulton Broad forming a natural break in the defensive line. The northern section surrounds the northern perimeter of Lowestoft, from the Lowestoft Denes to Lake Lothing and Oulton Broad (LWT 045) and then runs south from Oulton Broad Lowestoft to Pakefield (LWT 284).

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 6528 293e (2524m by 6425m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TM62NE
Civil Parish LOWESTOFT, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (8)

Full Description

April 2003: An aerial photographic assessment idientified Second World War fetaures inlcuding a zig zag anti-tank cubes and these are posisbly related to 2 adjacent embanked structures. (S1)

October 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
A major World War Two defensive system, consisting of anti-tank ditch system, barbed wire obstructions, anti-tank scaffolding and lines of anti-tank cubes, and associated defences, including pillboxes, gun emplacements, slit trenches and weapons pits, is visible on aerial photographs encircling Lowestoft and running along this section of the East Coast from Corton to Pakefield. The defence is split into two sections, with Lake Lothing and Oulton Broad forming a natural break in the defensive line. The northern section surrounds the northern perimeter of Lowestoft, from the Lowestoft Denes to Lake Lothing and Oulton Broad (LWT 045) and then runs south from Oulton Broad Lowestoft to Pakefield (LWT 284 and GSE 045). See LWT 045, LWT 284 and GSE 045 for details.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 8th October 2014.

2 Pounder Gun,and Railblock locations detailed in the 1940 defence scheme of the 8th Kings (S2).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Unpublished document: Palmer, R.. 2003. Aerial Photographic Assessment: Carlton Colville, Area centred TM520900.
  • <S2> Machine readable data file: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group, unrecorded defence sites for inclusion in the HER.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Feb 8 2024 3:50PM

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