Record Details
| NHER Number: | 16800 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox and spigot mortar emplacement at Wayford Bridge |
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Summary
A World War Two Type 22 pillbox and the pedestal from a spigot mortar emplacement have been recorded as extant structures on the southwest side of Wayford Bridge. They have been visited on the ground and are visible on aerial photographs; the pillbox is also depicted by modern Ordnance Survey mapping. They form part of a larger group of World War Two anti-invasion defences surrounding the bridge, which as a river crossing was clearly a location of strategic importance.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3491 2477 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG32SW |
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| Parish: | SMALLBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
South bank of river.
Pill box with mortar base.
Approximate location from Pillbox Survey.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 November 1980.
Grid reference corrected on ground, though from distance as box apparently inaccessible by land.
On very edge of water.
E. Rose (NAU). 14 January 1981.
The mortar spigot is a common 1940 spigot mortar gun emplacement.
Survey No. H2-19.
See record form in file by source [1].
D.Walker (NLA) July 1996.
See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
Common type 22 pillbox situated on south bank 100m east of bridge.
Survey No. H2-17.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.
May 2007. Norfolk NMP.
NMP mapping has led to the alteration of the central grid reference of the site from TG 3493 2475 to TG 3491 2478.
The World War Two Type 22 pillbox described above is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3), centred at TG 3493 2475. It is also depicted by modern Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping. A small concrete structure visible 55m to the northwest (at TG 3489 2479) on aerial photographs taken in 1972 (S3) may equate to the spigot mortar pedestal also described above, but this is not entirely certain.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 23 May 2007.
Monument Types
- PEDESTAL (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT (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. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 2090-1 09-JUL-1946 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1972. MAL 65032 173-5 26-APR-1972. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72111 062-3 02-MAY-1972. |
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