Record Details

NHER Number:24906
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of a World War Two 'Home Guard' pillbox

Summary

A rectangular brick 'Home Guard' type pillbox was once located here. It was a strange example with a door to open land to the east but a slit towards thick wood on the west. It was demolished at some date between November 1995 and December 1996.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 8750 2520
Map Sheet:TF82NE
Parish:RAYNHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Pillbox.
'Home Guard' type, brick rectangular box with concrete roof.
Strangely with door to open land to east but slit towards thick wood on west.
Road is on north.
Overgrown.
E. Rose (NAU) 14 November 1988.

Record form in file by source [1].

Demolished at some date between November 1995 and December 1996.
No trace remains.
E. Rose (NAU) 2 December 1996.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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