Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32689 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Two World War Two pillboxes |
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Summary
Two adjacent World War Two pillboxes were recorded. These are quite rare type 26 pillboxes that were built in 1940.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 7370 9445 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79SW |
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| Parish: | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Two pill boxes adjacent:
(a) Quite rare type 26 pill box situated in hedge 50m from road. Loops protected by 15mm steel shutters. Date 1940.
(b) Quite rare type 26 pill box, date 1940. Details as for above.
See (S1) in file.
Grid references given on record form as TL 7362 4480 and 7364 9479 but this is clearly wrong location. Estimated from sketch.
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
| --- | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1995. KHJ 32-34. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
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