Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18075 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two defences |
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Summary
A large concrete World War Two bunker that is now just visible above water level in a lagoon managed by the RSPB.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 75084 44928 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF74SE |
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| Parish: | TITCHWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Gun position or defensive building, World War Two.
Massive concrete gunport alone visible above water level in RSPB lagoon.
(S1) in file.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU), 22 April 1982.
See (S2) in file by source [1], who adds:
Large bunker of unknown type with large embrassure facing west. Situated in lagoon to east of path.
Survey No. C1-4.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
Previously erroneously located at TF 75098 45028. Grid reference corrected to TF 75084 44928.
A. Cattermole (HES), 8 November 2010.
March 2006. Desk-based Assessment and Walkover Survey.
Assessment of land at RSPB Titchwell.
A map of 1943, annotated to show World War Two debris, records this structure as a "pillbox in earth and grass-covered mound". It is shown at the western end of an "earth and grass-covered causeway", the eastern end of which was near the remains of two armoured fighting vehicles (NHER 43974).
This pillbox was observed during the walkover survey (Site 4). Concrete blocks/foundations were also observed under the path to the west (Site 5).
See report (S3) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 22 July 2015.
Monument Types
- BUNKER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- UNDERGROUND MILITARY HEADQUARTERS (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> | Photograph: BZK 4. |
| <S2> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K and Green, F. 2006. An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment and Walkover Survey of land at RSPB Titchwell, Norfolk. NAU Archaeology. 1164. |
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