Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20936 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two Type 22 pillbox |
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Summary
A World War Two Type 22 pillbox survives at the junction of Cavick Road and Bradman’s Lane. It is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards, but was probably built in 1940. It was one of several World War Two defences sited in the vicinity (see NHER 32485-6), perhaps to guard Wymondham and its river and rail crossings to the east, but perhaps also due to the requisitioning by the army of Cavick House (NHER 9458) 300m to the northeast.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0993 0116 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG00SE |
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| Parish: | WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pillbox.
Polygonal, concrete with inner and outer brick skins (latter largely gone) central brick blast pillar (standard type I). Now apparently used as animal shelter. First noted by Pillbox survey: corect grid ref by E. Rose (NLA), 21 November 1984.
See record form in file (S1) [1].
Common, 1940 type 22 pillbox in hedge opposite road junction, facing
west.
Survey No. L4-2.
Compiled by D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
September 2011. Norfolk NMP.
The World War Two Type 22 pillbox described above is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards (S2)-(S3), centred at TG 0993 0115. It is also depicted on modern Ordnance Survey maps.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 22 September 2011.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- 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. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/52 5339-40 31-JAN-1946 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1968. OS/68146 084-5 01-JUN-1968 (NMR). |
Related records
| 32486 | Related to: World War Two pillbox (Monument) |
| 32485 | Related to: World War Two spigot mortar gun emplacement (Monument) |
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