Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20738 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A site visit in 2006 confirmed that a World War Two pillbox is still present in a garden here, on the south bank of the Mill Basin. It is polygonal and probably dates to 1940, and retains its brick shuttering in places.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 5656 1176 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF51SE |
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| Parish: | TILNEY ST LAWRENCE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
South bank of Mill Basin. Pillbox, low, polygonal.
Compiled by R. J. Silvester (NAU), 18 October 1984
See (S1), who adds:
Standard type 22 pillbox situated on south bank of Mill Basin. Date probably 1940. Brick loopholes, retains brick shuttering in places.
Survey No. I1-2.
Compiled by D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
August 2006. Still extant, in garden.
E. Rose (NLA), 21 August 2006.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
Related records - none
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