Record Details
| NHER Number: | 41067 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of World War Two pillbox, Boal Quay |
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Summary
The site of a World War Two concrete pillbox, mentioned in contemporary documentary sources and visible on 1946 aerial photographs. It has since been destroyed.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 61724 19422 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NW |
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| Parish: | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pillbox mentioned in (S1) as being of concrete and containing a machine gun; now destroyed; visible on (S2), appears to be polygonal.
E. Rose (NLA), 4 January 2004.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Publication: Carman, S. (ed). 2004. Memories of South Lynn. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1606 27-JUN-1946 (NMR). |
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