Record Details

NHER Number:18380
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox

Summary

A common type 22 hexagonal pillbox of about 1940.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 1213 2142
Map Sheet:TG12SW
Parish:BOOTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

September 1982. Visited.
Pill box.
Polygonal. Inner and outer skins of brick over concrete, outer skin almost gone. Square loophole beside door. Central pillar.
Wooden supports unusually remain below loopholes on interior. Structure on roof.
E. Rose (NAU) 16 September 1982.

No change May 1996.

See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
Common type 22 pillbox, of about 1940.
Survey No. F4-3.
D.Walker (NLA) July 1996.

May 1998. No change.
E.Rose (NLA) 6 May 1998.

November 2003. Visit.
No change.
E. Rose (NLA), 8 November 2003.

September 2013. No change. See digital photos.
D. Gurney (HES), 16 September 2013.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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