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Hollesley Pillboxes and some NEW tank blocks!!

I've walked the seawall from Shingle Street north towards Boyton on numerous occasions and thought I'd seen all the Second War Defence remains in this area. However last week, while down this way on work, I noted a concrete base in a field at Hollesley Marshes and thought at first it was probably a base for a Nissan Hut or something similar. However a closer look revealed it was hexagonal in shape, and just behind it was the remains of a pillbox! Must admit at first I thought I'd found another unrecorded pillbox, but it is on the local HER although its significance, in my opinion at least, has been missed. The Defence Of Britain Data Base list's it as Type 22. However it is clearly the same design as the shell proof infantry pillbox designed for the Eastern Command Line - a CRE1113, with 3'6" thick walls. It is a moot point whether this is a unique design or just an 'expanded' Type 22 - however given the documentary evidence of  this type of pillbox ...