Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32525 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War One pillbox modified during World War Two |
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Summary
An unusual pillbox survives and is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1941 and 1946. It was built during World War One as a circular concrete structure, but was modified during World War Two when brick courses were added and loopholes were blocked or shuttered. During World War Two it was part of of large defensive site (NHER 38426) and was partially enclosed by barbed wire.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1792 4298 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SE |
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| Parish: | RUNTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| xBEESTON REGIS, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 1994.
Unique, type X pill box, probably dating from 1940.
Circular, with large loophole for machine gun. Possibly reused doors from World War Two. Not possible to gain entry, further investigation recommended.
Survey No. D3-7.
Information from [1]. See (S1) in file.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.
October 1997. Building Survey.
Detailed survey in advance of incorporation into system of artificial caves.
Concrete block basis of World War One date, subsequently modified during World War Two with addition of eight brick courses, the blocking up of one loop hole and the shuttering of remaining loop hole.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S5).
C.F. Mecksepper (NAU), 19 May 2000.
June 2003. Norfolk NMP.
A circular pillbox, approximately 5m in diameter, is located at TG 1793 4298 and is visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1941 (S3) and 1946 (S4). The site was part of a much larger area of World War Two defences (NHER 38426) and was partially enclosed by barbed wire. On the RAF aerial photographs from 1941 (S3) a possible post or narrow tall structure is visible to the immediate south of the pillbox. It is not clear whether this formed part of the defences, although it seems likely as it appears to have been removed by 1946 (S4).
H. Clare (NMP) and S. Massey (NMP), 26 November 2003.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War One - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- STRUCTURE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: 2000. JRL. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: 1994. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Hutcheson, A. 1998. Report on the Structural Survey of a Pillbox at the Kingswood Centre, Beeston Regis. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 283. |
| <S3> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/378 70-1 07-AUG-1941 (NMR). |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 3183-4 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 1843A, TG 1943A). |
| <S5> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1998. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1997. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt I pp 193-210. p 205. |
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