Monument record DUN 079 - Various WWII date defence obstructions, including barbed wire and scaffolding, with associated trenches and a pillbox, on Dunwich Heath

A number of sections of barbed wire entanglement are visible as structures betweem TM47336783 & TM47766797 on Dunwich Heath on 1941 aerial photographs (S1). A stretch of coastal defence scaffolding, c480m long, can also be seen in this area, running NE-SW inland from the beach. One section of barbed wire obstruction is encircling a slit trench which appears to have an associated pillbox (at TM47406780). These sections of defence obstruction are of World War II date, and are likely to have been part of the heavy defences constructed during this period, especially in coastal areas. The features are still visible on 1945 aerial photographs (S2).