Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15052 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A World War Two polygonal type 22 pillbox, which defended a searchlight battery to the immediate east (NHER 53456) and a level crossing to the west.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 9025 8673 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL98NW |
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| Parish: | KILVERSTONE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pill box. Octagonal, concrete.
On mound camouflaged by bushes, guarded level crossing east of main road south of railway.
E. Rose (NAU) 4 July 1979.
See (S1) in file by source [1], who adds:
Common, type 22 pillbox standing very high. Date 1940.
Survey No. Q4-1.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.
March 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two polygonal type 22 pillbox, defending a searchlight battery (NHER 53456) and a level crossing, is visible on aerial photographs (S2). Still visible in 1971 (S3).
S. Horlock (NMP), 12 March 2010.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/378 4008-10 13-JUN-1945 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1971. OS/71369 367-8 21-JUL-1971 (NMR). |
Related records
| 53456 | Part of: World War Two searchlight batteries and military training site (Monument) |
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