Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18084 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A World War Two pillbox stands at the southern end of St Olave's Swing Bridge. The structure is visible on aerial photographs and has been visited on the ground.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 4600 9848 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM49NE |
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| Parish: | HADDISCOE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pillbox. At end of St Olave's Swing Bridge, on railway embankment.
Polygonal, brick facing over concrete, small slits.
First noted by Pillbox Survey. No trace of a second mentioned at base of embankment. Is this a mistaken siting of the bridge pier from the Low Level station?
E. Rose (NAU), 28 April 1982.
See record form (S1) in file by source [1], who adds: common, type 22 pillbox on railway bank facing west. Date 1940.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The World War Two type 22 pillbox is visible on aerial photographs (S2). This structure is located within an area of barbed wire defences, which enclose and protect the river and rail crossings, see NHER 43670 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/LA/27 3075-7 05-AUG-1944 (NMR). |
Related records
| 43670 | Part of: World War Two barbed wire obstructions, tank traps and trenches at the St Olaves and Haddiscoe bridges (Monument) |