Record Details

NHER Number:7449
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two Type 24 pillbox at Wayford Bridge

Summary

A World War Two Type 24 pillbox has been recorded as an extant structure to the west of Wayford Bridge. It has been visited on the ground, is visible on aerial photographs and is depicted by modern Ordnance Survey mapping. It forms part of a larger group of World War Two anti-invasion defences in the vicinity of the bridge, which as a river crossing was clearly a location of strategic importance.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 3449 2475
Map Sheet:TG32SW
Parish:SMALLBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Pillbox. Brick, polygonal, central tripillar.
Very dilapidated.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU), 14 January 1976.

See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
1940/41 type 24 pillbox, not common inland. Red brick shuttered.
Survey No. H2-15.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.

May 2007. Norfolk NMP.
The World War Two Type 24 pillbox described above is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 3450 2475. It is also depicted by modern Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping. It appears to have been sited to face towards Wayford Bridge.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 23 May 2007.

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 2089-90 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
<S2>Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72111 062-3 02-MAY-1972 (NMR).

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