Record Details
| NHER Number: | 18538 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A type 22 hexagonal concrete pillbox, built in about 1940 as part of the anti invasion defences of the time.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 5390 0586 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF50NW |
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| Parish: | MARSHLAND ST. JAMES, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pill box.
Hexagonal, concrete, wide splayed slits.
Situated in centre of field.
R. Silvester (NAU), 16 November 1988
See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
1940 type 22 pillbox, possibly used as a searchlight site.
Survey No. I2-10.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | *Fieldwork: Fenland Survey. SHD AA. FENS. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records - none
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