Record Details
| NHER Number: | 17499 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two Type 22 pillbox |
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Summary
A World War Two Type 22 pillbox survives as an extant structure. It has been visited on the ground and is also visible on aerial photographs. It appears to have formed part of the outer defences of a World War Two camp and possible defensive site 120m to its north (NHER 49672), the exact function of which is not known.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 3947 9675 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39NE |
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| Parish: | RAVENINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
THE WORLD WAR TWO MILITARY CAMP (CONCRETE ROADS AND BUILDINGS) AND POSSIBLE SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY DESCRIBED BELOW ARE NOW RECORDED AS NHER 49672.
Pill box.
Polygonal, brick clad.
First noted by Pillbox Survey.
Grid reference by E. Rose (NAU), 28 April 1982.
See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
Common 1940 type 22 pillbox with odd corners and stepped loops.
Survey No. S2-4.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.
October 1945 RAF air photograph (S1) shows concrete roads (still partly shown on Ordnance Survey maps) with building complex on north and east of field. Cropmark/parchmarks in grass show circular structures commensurate with a searchlight battery.
B. Cushion (NLA), December 1997.
Grid Reference corrected (from TM3950 9686 to TM3945 9675) by source [1] in 1998 who notes local reports of the searchlight base.
See also NHER 34346 to 34348.
E. Rose (NLA), 15 April, 1999.
July 2007. Norfolk NMP.
NMP mapping has led to the alteration of the central grid reference of the site from TM 3949 9688 to TM 3947 9675.
The World War Two Type 22 pillbox described above is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S2)-(S3), centred at TM 3947 9675. It is also depicted by modern Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping. The other World War Two military features described above are now recorded as NHER 49672.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 17 July 2007.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- 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. |
| <S1> | Aerial Photograph: TM39/TM3996/A. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/930 3070-1 16-OCT-1945 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1971. OS/71302 080-1 29-JUN-1971 (NMR). |
Related records
| 49672 | Part of: World War Two military site outside Raveningham Park (Monument) |
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