Record Details

NHER Number:32442
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox

Summary

This World War Two pillbox is located to the north of the perimeter track at Swanton Morley Airfield (NHER 2830).

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 0063 1928
Map Sheet:TG01NW
Parish:HOE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Common 1940 type 22 pillbox standing north of perimeter track of Swanton Morley Airfield (NHER 2830).
Survey No. L1-4.
Information from [1].
See record form (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA), August 1996.

March 2006.
NGR corrected to TG 0064 1929 from original of TF 0049 1940. Correction based on information in (S2).
D. Robertson (NLA), 15 March 2006.

May 2008. Norfolk NMP.
This pillbox is visible on aerial photographs (S3-S4) and forms part of the northern perimeter defences for Swanton Morley airfield (NHER 2830).
S. Massey (NMP), 13 May 2008.

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.
<S1>Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
<S2>Unpublished Document: Bamford, H.. 2002. MPP Sites Report..
<S3>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/51 5125-6 31-JAN-1946 (NMR).
<S4>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/100 5160-1 30-MAR-1946 (NMR).

Related records

2830Part of: Swanton Morley Airfield (Monument)
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