Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18082 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox on railway embankment |
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Summary
A World War Two type 22 pillbox is located on the railway embankment to the west of the Swing Bridge over the River Waveney, Wheatacre Marshes. The structure is visible on aerial photographs and was present on the ground in 1996.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 4735 9682 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM49NE |
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| Parish: | WHEATACRE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pill box. South side railway by swing bridge.
Polygonal, brick, built up solid from marsh to embankment level.
Small slits, central brick pillar, concrete top.
First noted by Pillbox Survey.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 April 1982.
See record form (S1) in file by source [1], who adds:
Common, type 22 pillbox, built 1940. Faces north-west.
Survey No. T1-5.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
THE CENTRAL GRID REFERENCE FOR THE SITE HAS BEEN CORRECTED FROM TM 4741 9678 TO TM 4735 9682.
May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two type 22 pillbox is located on the railway embankment to the west of the Swing Bridge over the River Waveney, Wheatacre Marshes. The structure is visible on aerial photographs (S2) and is located at TM 4735 9682. Two lines of barbed wire obstructions were erected either side of the railway, se NHER 43666 for details.
S. Massey (NMP), 17 May 2006.
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. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/UK/1707 4251-2 29-AUG-1946 (NMR). |
Related records
| 43666 | Related to: Site of World War Two barbed wire obstruction, Wheatacre Marshes (Monument) |
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