Record Details
| NHER Number: | 19443 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox and slit trench |
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Summary
A type 20/A/X pillbox dating to around 1940 situated within the western extent of the World War Two limits of Weybourne Camp (NHER 11335). A slit trench is visible to the south of this pillbox on aerial photographs taken in 1941.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0959 4378 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG04SE |
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| Parish: | KELLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pill box. Described by pill box survey as having two slits and a pipe. Presumably refers to a circular siting device. Polygonal, brick. Situated on a slope in the middle of a cornfield so details could not be checked.
E. Rose (NAU), 18 August 1983.
Again seen from distance by E. Rose (NAU), 17 July 1994.
Rare type 20/A/X pillbox, dated 1940/41. Situated on slope enfilading marsh.
See (S1).
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
March 2004, Norfolk NMP.
Centre of site altered from TG 0953 4382 to TG 0959 4378.
World War Two pillbox and associated slit trench mapped from aerial photographs from 1940-1 (S2-3) within the World War Two limits of Weybourne Camp (NHER 11335). The pillbox described above was located at TG 0959 4378. In between 1940 and 1941 a slit trench has been constructed to the south of the pillbox. This trench is over 50m and is zigzag in plan.
S. Massey (NMP), 9 March 2004.
April 2004.
Still extant (but seen only in distance).
E. Rose (NLA), 13 April 2004.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- PRACTICE TRENCH (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SLIT TRENCH (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHE 20-21. |
| --- | 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. 1940. RAF 268A/BR183 VB4-5 17-DEC-1940 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/330/1416 V65-6 16-JUL-1941 (NMR). |
Related records
| 11335 | Part of: Weybourne Camp (Monument) |