Record Details

NHER Number:16026
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox

Summary

A World War Two polygonal pillbox is visible at this location on 1946 RAF aerial photographs.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 0512 4409
Map Sheet:TG04SE
Parish:CLEY NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1980. Visit. Corner of Old Woman's Lane and farm track.
Pillbox; brick, polygonal.
E. Rose (NAU), 23 April 1980.

1996. Recording.
See record form (S1) in file by member of the public [1], who adds: standard type 24 pillbox - one of fifty in Norfolk. Date 1940. Survey No. D1-4.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Polygonal type 24 pillbox mapped from 1946 RAF aerial photographs (S2). The structure appears to be approximately 6.5m by 5m and facing northeast.
S. Massey (NMP), 8 January 2003.

November 2004. Visit.
Still extant.
E. Rose (NLA), 22 November 2004.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

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>Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1701 3064-5 27-AUG-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 0544A-B).

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