Record Details

NHER Number:34645
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox

Summary

A possible World War Two pillbox survives on a modern field boundary. It is possible that it was associated with Ludham airfield (NHER 8456).

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 3818 1986
Map Sheet:TG31NE
Parish:CATFIELD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Pillbox.
Information from Norfolk Property Services via (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 1 September 1999.

March 2007. Norfolk NMP
An extant World War Two pillbox is visible on aerial photographs (S2-S3). This structure is located at TG 3819 1985. It is rectangular or square in plan with a flat roof. It is possible that it is World War Two pillbox, maybe a Type 26, but this is not certain. It is likely that it was associated with Ludham airfield (NHER 8456).
J. Albone (NMP), 22 March 2007

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Drawing: Unknown. Sketch plan of finds site. Film.
<S2>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1963. RAF 543/2331 (F21) 102-3 25-JUL-1963 (NMR).
<S3>Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 243-4 31-JUL-1990.

Related records - none

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