Record Details
| NHER Number: | 42494 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | A World War Two type 22 pillbox and weapons pits on the Coast Road |
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Summary
A World War Two type 22 pillbox and a group of weapons pits are visible on aerial photographs on the Coast Road, Hopton-On-Sea. This site would have been part of the perimeter defences associated with the World War Two Radar Station on the Hopton-on-Sea and Corton Parish boundaries (Suffolk SMR -COR 043/XS19097). The 1930’s holiday camps in this area were heavily used by the military for accommodation and training sites (NHER 42486-7, 42491 and 42496) so it is possible that the cluster of weapons pits are related to this training activity.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 53230 99242 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM59NW |
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| Parish: | HOPTON ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two type 22 pillbox and a group of weapons pits are visible on aerial photographs on the Coast Road, Hopton-On-Sea (S1-S2). This site would have been part of the perimeter defences associated with the World War Two Radar Station on the Hopton-on-Sea and Corton Parish boundaries (Suffolk SMR -COR 043/XS19097). The 1930’s holiday camps in this area were heavily used by the military for accommodation and training sites (NHER 42486-7, 42491 and 42496) so it is possible that the cluster of weapons pits are related to this training activity. The site is centred on TM 5322 9923.
The pillbox is located at the side of the Coast Road at TM 5320 9921 and is a hexagonal type 22, with blast wall. This pillbox was been demolished by April 1947 (S3). The group of weapons pits are centred on TM 5323 9925 and are visible in August 1944 as a small cluster of freshly dug elongated pits and slit trenches dug into the field.
S. Massey (NMP), 02 February 2006.
Monument Types
- BLAST WALL (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- WEAPONS PIT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/34 4007-8 15-AUG-1944 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 4023-4 04-JUL-1944 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2004 5045-6 14-APR-1947 (NMR). |
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