Record Details

NHER Number:32632
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox

Summary

A World War Two pillbox stands at the junction of four hedges. It was built in 1940.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 3545 3257
Map Sheet:TG33SE
Parish:BACTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
WALCOTT, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
xHAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Fairly common type 22c pillbox overgrown with ivy at the junction of four hedges. Date 1940.
Information from member of the public [1]. See record form (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA) August 1996.

July 2004. Norfolk NMP.
The grid reference for this pillbox has been adjusted from TG 3546 3258 to TG 3545 3268.
An extant type 22 pillbox is visible on aerial photographs (S2). Mapped as part of NMP.
J. Albone (NMP), 14 July 2004.

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.
<S2>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 3106-7 09-JUL-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 3432A / TG 3532A).

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