Record Details
| NHER Number: | 27929 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox (type 22) |
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Summary
A World War Two type 22 pillbox is visible as a structure on 1946 RAF vertical aerial photographs. It had been demolished by 1961.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6446 1661 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NW |
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| Parish: | NORTH RUNCTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 2003. NMP.
A single, modern (World War Two) type 22 pillbox, visible as a structure on 1946 RAF vertical aerial photographs.
The feature appears to be in relative isolation, within the centre of a field (S1-S2), although it was presumably positioned to defend the approach to North Runcton from the north, along the A47. There is no sign of a worn path or track to the structure, and it has presumably been abandoned for a considerable period by 1946 (S1-S2). The date of the demolition of the structure is unknown, but it has certainly gone by 1961 (S3).
M. Brennand (NMP), 28 April 2003.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944-1950. Norfolk Air Photo Library: RAF National Air Survey Vertical Collection. TF6416/A; 27-JUN-1946 (RAF/106G/UK/1606 4352). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/1606 4353 27-JUN-1946. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. MAL/61488 93957 26-JUL-1961. |
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