Record Details
| NHER Number: | 28807 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War two anti-aircraft gun base |
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Summary
This is the octagonal base of a 20mm light anti-aircraft gun used during World War Two. It was built in 1940. These bases are rare.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 7396 9302 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79SW |
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| Parish: | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pillbox. Base only, polygonal, brick clad.
Defended airfield.
K. Penn (NAU), 13 February 1992.
Rare, octagonal base for 20mm light anti-aircraft gun.
NOT a pillbox. Date 1940.
See (S1).
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
Monument Types
- ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1995. KHJ 35. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
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