WW2 defences
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The photograph on this page of WW2 defences by Evelyn Simak as part of the Geograph project.
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WW2 defences
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 10 Sep 2014
The concrete cones mark the locations of two Tett turrets, a type of pillbox of which only very few were ever constructed. The only other known examples can be found on the edge of the disused aerodrome at Hornchurch in Essex. Other examples are reported from Sudbury in Suffolk (destroyed), which, like the Norfolk specimens was mounted on a brick structure instead of a vertical concrete pipe, and from the Isle of Man but it is not known if these still exist. The Tett Turret comprises a rotating steel turret mounted onto a sunken concrete pipe but the recorded examples all have concrete turrets. The structures were designed to defend road junctions but turned out to be far too cramped and were soon abandoned again. See also > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4159895 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4159897.
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