Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32374 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two type 23b pillbox |
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Summary
Survey work in 1996 noted a Type 23b pill box, probably built in 1940, on this site. This is thought to be the only one of this type outside Lincolnshire, and has wood shuttering and a high quality concrete finish.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 5260 2528 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF52NW |
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| Parish: | TERRINGTON ST CLEMENT, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Type 23b pillbox, probably built 1940. [1]
Only one of this type outside Lincolnshire. Wood shuttering, high quality concrete finsih. No light anti-aircraft mounting present.
Survey No. A1-1.
See record form (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
(NGR amended from original TF 5265 2530)
A Type 23b pillbox built into sea defence bank (S2).
M. Brennand (NMP), 1 October 2001.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1489 3006 09-MAY-1946 (SMR TF 5325B). |
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