Record Details

NHER Number:44857
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox on Haddiscoe Dam

Summary

A World War Two pillbox is visible on aerial photographs located on the Haddiscoe Dam to the south of Haddiscoe Bridge. This structure forms part of a wider network of defences, see NHER 43670 for details.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 45241 98914
Map Sheet:TM49NE
Parish:HADDISCOE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

July 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two pillbox is visible on aerial photographs located on the Haddiscoe Dam to the south of Haddiscoe Bridge (S1). The pillbox was centred on TM 4524 9891 and was a type 22. This structure forms part of a wider network of defences, see NHER 43670 for details. The pillbox has been removed by 1946.
S. Massey (NMP), 18 July 2006.

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 3077-8 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).

Related records

43670Part of: World War Two barbed wire obstructions, tank traps and trenches at the St Olaves and Haddiscoe bridges (Monument)
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