Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32406 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox and searchlight foundations |
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Summary
A World War Two pillbox dated to 1940 stands on this site. Cropmarks on aerial photographs of the area show two circular features to the south of the pillbox that are probably searchlight foundations.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7154 3127 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF73SW |
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| Parish: | DERSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Type 22c pillbox with brick shuttering. Date 1940.
Survey No. B2-2.
Information from [1]. See (S1).
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
1946. RAF aerial photograph
Shows pillbox with faint cropmarks of two circular features to south which are probably searchlight foundations. Other smaller, less clear to marks to northwest. Height OD 61m.
B. Cushion (NLA), 18 August 1999.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. [unknown]. TF 73/ TF7130/B. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
Related records - none
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