Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32430 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War type 22 pillbox |
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Summary
A type 22 Second World War pillbox survives as an extant structure and has been visited on the ground. It is also visible on aerial photographs. It is located to the south of what is now the A47 but at the time would have been the line of the Great Eastern (Lynn and Dereham) railway (NHER 13600). It was presumably sited to overlook the junction of the railway with the road between Dereham and Scarning. On 1940s aerial photographs a probable Second World War slit trench can be seen as an earthwork (since levelled) a few metres to the east of the pillbox (NHER 68862) and the two were presumably associated. The pillbox was visited on the ground in 1995 but remains visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs from 2022.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9651 1238 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF91SE |
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| Parish: | SCARNING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Common 1940 type 22 pill box facing north in hedge to south of A47.
Many bricks gone.
Survey No. K2-16.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D.Walker (NLA), August 1996.
January 2025. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
A type 22 Second World War pillbox described above is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S1-S2). On 1940s aerial photographs a probable Second World War slit trench can be seen as an earthwork (since levelled) a few metres to the east of the pillbox (NHER 68862) and the two were presumably associated. The pillbox remains visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs from 2022.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 16 January 2025.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/100 V 5426-5427 30-MAR-1946. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd and Getmapping Plc. unknown. Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) Orthophotographs. https://www.apgb.co.uk. Bluesky International Ltd APGB Imagery TF9612 17-JUL-2022. |
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