Record Details

NHER Number:32458
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox

Summary

A World War Two pillbox is shown at this location on aerial photographs taken in 1969, 1974 and 1990. It is located within the hedgerow to the south of Wiveton Bridge.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 0438 4258
Map Sheet:TG04SW
Parish:WIVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

One of fifty remaining type 24 pillboxes in Norfolk. Date 1940.
Situated in hedge to south of bridge.
Survey No. D1-2.
Information from member of the public [1].
See record form in file.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.

March 2003. Norfolk NMP.
A pillbox (type 24) is visible on 1969 OS aerial photographs (S1) and NLA aerial photographs from 1990 (S2) and 1974 (S3). It is located at NGR TG0438 4259, within the hedgerow to the south of Wiveton Bridge.
H. Clare (NMP) 25 April 2003.

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>Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69037 018, 052 03-APR-1969 (NMR).
<S2>Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1990. SMR TG 0442M-N (NLA 275/GEP1-2) 01-AUG-1990.
<S3>Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1974. SMR TG 0442A-B (NLA 10/ACG16-17) 08-JUL-1974.

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