Record Details

NHER Number:32665
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible site of World War Two pillbox

Summary

A World War Two type 24 pillbox was recorded at this location and was thought to have been demolished. However the wartime aerial photographs of this site reveal no sign of the structure.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 5117 0430
Map Sheet:TG50SW
Parish:BRADWELL, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Full description

Type 24 pill box, demolished.
Information from [1]. See record form and detailed map in file (S1).
D.Gurney (NLA) October 1996.

December 2005. Norfolk NMP.
No pillbox was visible on wartime aerial photographs at this location. The area was quite clear from the aerial perspective so it is unlikely that the structure was concealed by vegetation or camouflage techniques. To the immediate north a possible large camouflaged structure was identified from the aerial photographs, which could have held a gun position (NHER 42239), but this does not correspond with the feature marked on the map (S1). To the immediate south is a spigot mortar emplacement two civilian air raid shelters (NHER 42238) and a possible pillbox or gun emplacement was identified further south along Beccles Road (NHER 42248).
S. Massey (NMP), 19 December 2005.

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.

Related records - none

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