Record Details
| NHER Number: | 15145 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Pillbox |
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Summary
A pillbox from World War Two, part of a larger complex of small circular structures, visible on aerial photographs, which may be a searchlight battery.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7447 0662 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF70NW |
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| Parish: | BEACHAMWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
15 August 1979.
North west of Walter's Sheds. Pill box. Octagonal; of brick.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU)
See record form in file by source [1], who adds: Common, type 22 pillbox. Red brick faced, facing east. Survey No. J4-5.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.
January 1946. RAF air photograph shows pillbox as part of an almost destroyed complex of small circular structures, probably a searchlight battery, with associated huts alongside road.
B. Cushion (NLA) 16 July 1998
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF 70/TF 7506/A. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records - none
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