Record Details
| NHER Number: | 38336 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A World War Two pillbox is visible at this location on aerial photographs taken during the 1940s. As it is not visible on later photographs, it was demolished after World War Two. A section of brick wall built into the north wall of the Beeston Regis churchyard is probably all that survives of it.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 17449 43100 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SE |
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| Parish: | BEESTON REGIS, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Norfolk NMP. June 2003.
There is a World War Two pillbox clearly visible to the immediate north of the church. It can be seen on RAF 1941 (S1) and 1946 (S2) aerial photographs. The pillbox appears to be a type 24 from the aerial photographs and is located at TG1745 4310.
On more recent aerial photographs this pillbox appears to no longer survive - see Ordnance Survey 1994 images (S3).
H. Clare (NMP) 24 September 2003.
December 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Land-based survey; Area A13, Context 17:
Section of brick wall built in to Beeston Regis churchyard wall. Found at TG 17443 43106, it is probably the remains of a Second World War pillbox.
See assessment report (S4) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 6 December 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/378 168-9 07-AUG-1941 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1430 3167 16-APR-1946 (Norfolk HER TG1742/B). |
| <S3> | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1994. OS OS/94-150 031-2 31-05-1994 (HER). |
| <S4> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045. p 128. |
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