Record Details
NHER Number: | 16797 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A type 27 concrete pillbox at the end of Mallory road. It was built in about 1940 and was part of the defences for Horsham St Faith airfield (now Norwich Airport).
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 2258 1284 |
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Map Sheet: | TG21SW |
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Parish: | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
End of Mallory Road.
Pill box.
Information from Pillbox Survey.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 November 1980.
1992.
Grid reference corrected from new 1:10 000 Ordnance Survey map
E. Rose (NLA).
See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
1940 type 27/8 pillbox, facing northeast. Part of airfield defences rather than city perimeter.
Survey No. M1-9.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records
8137 | Part of: Horsham St Faith airfield (Norwich Airport) (Monument) |