Record Details
| NHER Number: | 28693 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
This World War Two polygonal pillbox was built in 1940. It was made unusually tall so that it could see over the adjacent railway line.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9880 1250 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF91SE |
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| Parish: | DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pill box. Polygonal, clad in brick; unusually tall to overlook former railway line from land to south (now gardens of houses).
E. Rose (NLA), 3 January 1992.
See (S1) which adds: Common, 1940 type 22 pillbox standing on south side of old railway, facing west.
Survey No. K2-14.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
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