Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32726 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A World War Two pillbox stands beside a disused railway line at this location. A second pillbox may be visible to the south on aerial photographs. These structures are located within an area of barbed wire defences, which enclose and protect the river and rail crossings, see NHER 43670 for details.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 4598 9835 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM49NE |
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| Parish: | HADDISCOE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Common type 22 pillbox on old spur line. Facing east.
Information from member of the public [1]. See record form (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
THE CENTRAL GRID REFERENCE FOR THE SITE HAS BEEN ALTERED FROM TM 4598 9834 TO TM 4598 9833.
May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
One, possibly two, World War Two pillboxes are visible on aerial photographs on the disused railway embankment, Haddiscoe Station ((S2)-(S3)). These structures are located within an area of barbed wire defences, which enclose and protect the river and rail crossings, see NHER 43670 for details. The site is centred on T M 4598 9833.
The previously recorded type 22 pillbox is clearly visible at TM 4598 9834 (S3). On the 1940s aerial photographs there is possibly a second polygonal pillbox 25m to the south at TM 4598 9832 (S2). This structure is visible as a roughly polygonal area with obvious height projecting from the edge of the embankment, although it is possible that it is a large tree. Only the northern pillbox is visible on later photography and it seems unlikely that one pillbox would have been removed, whilst the other remained in place.
S. Massey (NMP), 17 May 2006.
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> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/27 3075-7 05-AUG-1944 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1953. RAF 58/1034 0119-0120 23-FEB-1953 (NMR). |
Related records
| 43670 | Part of: World War Two barbed wire obstructions, tank traps and trenches at the St Olaves and Haddiscoe bridges (Monument) |