Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32516 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
The remains of a rare World War Two type 28 pillbox. A group of World War Two coastal defences were mapped near this location during the NMP from wartime photography under NHER 38625. It is likely that the pillbox recorded above formed part of this group, which includes several pillboxes, a searchlight emplacement and a possible underground structure. See record NHER 38625 for full details.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1117 4373 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SW |
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| Parish: | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Remains of rare, type 28 pill box. Date 1940.
Survey Number D2-34.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
Is there confusion between fragments of this and NHER 19439?
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.
May 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A group of World War Two coastal defences were mapped near this location during the NMP from wartime photography under NHER 38625. It is likely that the pillbox recorded above formed part of this group, which includes several pillboxes, a searchlight emplacement and a possible underground structure. See record NHER 38625 for full details.
S. Massey (NMP), 10 May 2004.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHE 9. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records
| 38625 | Related to: World War Two coastal defences (Monument) |
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