Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31023 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox in Oak Wood |
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Summary
A type 20A World War Two pillbox built in 1940. This type of pillbox is quite rare.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1322 4258 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SW |
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| Parish: | UPPER SHERINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
In edge of wood.
Pillbox, type 20 (brick single chamber, three walls flat, fourth with half-polygonal projection; blast wall to door in flat side).
E. Rose (NLA), 3 February 1995.
Quite rare type 20A pillbox, date 1940.
See (S1).
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
June 2003. Norfolk NMP.
Structure not visible on any available aerial photographs, therefore not mapped as part of NMP project. See NHER 38264 for further details of World War Two military activity within Oak Woods.
S. Massey (NMP), 24 June 2003.
January 2007. Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey.
Pill box noted (Oak Wood Site 1).
See report (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 19 March 2015.
2010. Building Survey.
Survey of pill boxes in Oak Wood by National Trust volunteer surveyor.
See report (S3) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (MODIFIED)? (World War Two to 21st Century - 1939 AD to 2100 AD)
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)? (World War Two to 21st Century - 1939 AD to 2100 AD)
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHD 0-6. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Cushion, B. 2008. Sheringham Park. Ancient Woodland Archaeological Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey. Brian Cushion Archaeological & Cartographical Surveyor. |
| <S3> | Unpublished Report: MacKinlay, T. A. 2010. Survey and report on World War 2 Pill boxes in Oak Wood. |
Related records
| 38264 | Part of: Site of World War Two military defences (Monument) |
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