Record Details
| NHER Number: | 49167 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A World War Two pillbox is visible adjacent to the River Bure on 1946 aerial photography. It appears to have been a common hexagonal type 22 pillbox and had been demolished by 1963.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3031 1802 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG31NW |
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| Parish: | WROXHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2006. Norfolk NMP
A World War Two pillbox is visible on 1946 aerial photographs (S1). This pillbox was located adjacent to the River Bure at TG 3032 1802, just downstream from Wroxham Bridge. It is hexagonal in shape and appears to be a type 22 pillbox. It had been removed by November 1963 (S2).
J. Albone (NMP), 30 November 2006
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 30772-3 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 3017C-D). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1963. RAF 543/2331 (F22) 100 14-NOV-1963 (NMR). |
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