Record Details

NHER Number:18108
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox

Summary

A polygonal World War Two pillbox at Weybourne station, visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1946.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 1184 4198
Map Sheet:TG14SW
Parish:WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Pill box.
Brick, polygonal, in station yard.
First noted by Pillbox Survey.
Confirmed by E. Rose (NAU), 28 May 1982.

See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
Common, type 22 pillbox, date 1940. Situated in station yard.
Survey No. D2-44.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.

May 2003. Norfolk NMP.
Polygonal type 22 pillbox visible at Weybourne station on RAF aerial photographs from 1946 (S1). The structure is located at TG 1184 4198 and measures approximately 5m across.
S. Massey (NMP), 29 May 2005.

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.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1982. Hidden assets. 21 October.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 3172-3 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 1142A-B).

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