Record Details

NHER Number:18572
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox

Summary

A World War Two type 22 concrete pillbox, hexagonal. This type was the most common pillbox, built as part of the anti invasion defences of the time.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 0343 3648
Map Sheet:TG03NW
Parish:BRINTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Pill box.
Brick, polygonal, overgrown by roadside.
Noted by Pillbox Survey.
Grid reference by E. Rose (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU) 14 December 1982.

See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
Type 22 pillbox. Common, date not given. Situated high on bank on east side of road between Sharrington and Brinton. Facing south-east.
Survey No. F1-5.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.

December 2003. Visit.
No change.
E. Rose (NLA), 8 December 2003.

Monument Types

  • 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.

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