Record Details

NHER Number:17819
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox

Summary

A rare type 2/20 World War Two pillbox and an associated structure are visible on aerial photographs. The pillbox still exists on the ground and was recorded during the Coastal Survey conducted by the NAU in 2004.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 1163 4348
Map Sheet:TG14SW
Parish:WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Pillbox, polygonal.
Originally noted by Pillbox Survey. Grid reference from NAU air photograph.
E. Rose (NAU), 8 December 1981.

August 1983. Visited.
Subrectangular.
Just to the northwest on Water Hill is a rectangular concrete and brick raised platform.
E. Rose (NAU), 18 August 1983.

1994. No change.

See record form in file by [1], who adds:
Rare, type 2/20 pillbox, date 1940. Overgrown.
Survey No. D2-40.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

April 2004, Norfolk NMP
(Central grid reference altered from TG1160 4349 to TG 1163 4348, as the site has been extended to the east).
The type 2/20 pillbox and associated military structure were visible on aerial photographs from 1941 (S1). The subrectangular pillbox is visible at TG 1160 4348 and situated to the east is a rectangular structures, measuring 6.5m by 2.5m at TG 1165 4348. It was previously suggested that this pillbox dates to 1940, however the structure cannot clearly be seen on aerial photographs from December 1940 (S2). It is possible that it was camouflaged in 1940, however it is clearly visible in July 1941. By 1946 a line of barbed wire has been constructed along the south of the site (NHER 38565) and the eastern rectangular structure is no longer visible (S3)
(S1-3)
S. Massey (NMP), 1 April 2004

December 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Land-based survey; Area A22, Context 6:
World War Two Type 2/20 concrete and brick pillbox. Located at TG 11600 43492 within ploughed area.
See assessment report (S4) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 5 December 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2019.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TG 1143A,B.
---Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHE 5-6.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/330/1416 60-1 16-JUL-1941 (NMR).
<S2>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. RAF 268A/BR/183 7-9 17-DEC-1940 (NMR).
<S3>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1430 3159 16-APR-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 1142C).
<S4>Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045.

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