Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32469 |
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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 type 20/A/X constructed in 1940 within Weybourne Anti-Aircraft Training Camp (NHER 11335) is visible aerial photographs. During World War Two a variety of slit trenches and defences are constructed around this emplacement. These are described under NHER 38633. The pillbox still survives.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0984 4383 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG04SE |
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| Parish: | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Quite rare, type 20/A/X pill box, date 1940/41.
Survey Number D2-22.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.
April 2004.
Still extant (but seen only in distance).
E. Rose (NLA), 13 April 2004.
Location of structure altered from TG 0984 4385 to TG 0983 4383.
May 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two pillbox type 20/A/X constructed in 1940 within Weybourne Anti-Aircraft Training Camp (NHER 11335) and is visible on aerial photographs (S1-3). This pillbox is 6.5m square and located at TG 0983 4383. This pillbox is to the immediate north of a machine gun emplacement (NHER 32471). During World War Two a variety of slit trenches and defences are constructed around these two emplacements. These are described under NHER 38633.
(S1-3)
S. Massey (NMP), 21 May 2004.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHF 32-33, KHE 24. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. RAF 268A/BR183 VB4-5 17-DEC-1940 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/330/1416 V64-65 16-JUL-1941 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1636 4414-5 09-JUL-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 0943A, TG 1043B). |
Related records
| 11335 | Part of: Weybourne Camp (Monument) |
| 38633 | Related to: Site of World War Two temporary defences (Monument) |
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