Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32531 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of World War two pill box |
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Summary
It is recorded that a common 1940 type 22 pill box once stood on the north bank of the River Yare. It had been demolished by 1980.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2686 0789 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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| Parish: | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Common 1940 type 22 pill box once stood on north bank of River Yare. Demolished in 1960s. [1]
Survey No. M4-1.
See record form (S1) in file.
Compiled by D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
June 2009. Norfolk NMP.
A Common 1940 type 22 Pill box is visible on aerial photographs until at least 1971 (S2)-(S13), contrary to that stated above. The pillbox was centred on TG 2689 0789, and had been removed by 1980 (S14). See also (S15)
E. Bales (NMP), 24 June 2009.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two to Mid 20th Century - 1940 AD to 1960 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> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF FNO/26 1003-4 27-JUN-1942 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/975 Part V 6239-40 07-NOV-1945 (NMR). |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1143 5015-6 29-JAN-1946 (NMR). |
| <S5> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1428 3419-20 16-APR-1946 (NMR). |
| <S6> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1606 2056-7 27-JUN-1946 (NMR). |
| <S7> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2063 6256-7 14-MAY-1947 (NMR). |
| <S8> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2063 6288-914-MAY-1947 (NMR). |
| <S9> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1953. RAF 82/759 0282-3 09-APR-1953 (NMR). |
| <S10> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1961. MAL 61500 7390-1 30-AUG-1961 (NMR). |
| <S11> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1964. OS/64206 027-8 22-SEP-1964 (NMR). |
| <S12> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1971. CUCAP (BFL69) 22-JUN-1971. |
| <S13> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1971. CUCAP (BFR74-5) 22-JUN-1971. |
| <S14> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Broadlands Survey. 1980. CUCAP (RC8 DJ 259-60) 23-JAN-1980 (CUCAP). |
| <S15> | Website: Council for British Archaeology. 2002. Defence of Britain database. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm. |
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