Record Details

NHER Number:35923
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox and site of anti-aircraft or searchlight battery

Summary

The earthworks of an anti-aircraft or searchlight battery and a pillbox are visible on a 1946 aerial photograph. The type 22 pillbox survives today.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 6179 1110
Map Sheet:TF61SW
Parish:WATLINGTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

June 1946. RAF aerial photography.
Earthworks of anti-aircraft/searchlight battery and pillbox visible.
M. Horlock (NLA), 30 May 2003.

February 2001. Field observation.
Type 22 pillbox. Survey J1-007.
See form in file.
D. Gurney (NLA), 6 February 2001.

Monument Types

  • ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK 1606 3366 27-JUN-1946 (SMR TF 6111B).
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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50965Parent of: World War Two searchlight or gun emplacement (Monument)

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