Record Details
| NHER Number: | 51016 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox in Holme Dunes |
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Summary
Rectangular brick and concrete World War Two pillbox in Holme Dunes.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7123 4502 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF74NW |
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| Parish: | HOLME NEXT THE SEA, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
THIS PILLBOX WAS FORMERLY RECORDED UNDER BOTH NHER 23518 and 26747.
January 2001. NMP.
A structure, most likely a pillbox, is visible on the 1945 and 1952 aerial photographs (S1 and S2). The pillbox is located just north of the western end of a bank (NHER 26747) believed to be a defensive earthwork. The structure appears rectangular and is located at the junction of 2 sections of narrow trench. Part of the trench crosses the bank and heads southeast for a short distance, while the other section runs southwest for about 250m. A further structure (NHER 51019) is visible just to the south of the bank towards the east end. It is square and probably a pillbox, and may well have been intended to make sure the east ends of the defensive earthwork banks were defended.
A. Hunt (NMP), 18 January 2001.
Updated H. Hamilton (HES), 12 March 2015.
October 2007.
World War Two pillbox. Rectangular, brick walls with concrete roof. One door in both eastern and western walls. Two windows in northern wall facing the dune face/sea. Built into sand dune. Part of military installation NHER 23518.
Described as 'another dugout with door in each of end walls' in NHER 23518. It is the pillbox described at TF 7124 4502 in NHER 26747.
Survey number B1-13, see (S3).
'Pillbox' in (S4).
Marked on Ordnance Survey landline map (S5).
Located about 15m from the dune face and under threat from dune erosion.
D. Robertson (NLA), 25 October 2007.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK 369 Frames 4276-4277 8-JUN-1945 (NMR). |
| --- | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1952. RAF 58/844 Frames 5253-5255 21-MAR-1952 (NMR). |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S3> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Losson, E.. 1990. NW Norfolk Coastal defences.. NIAS Journal. Vol 4, No 5, p 192. p 193 and photograph. |
Related records
| 26747 | Part of: Probable World War Two bank and structures (Monument) |
| 23518 | Part of: World War Two military installation at Holme Dunes (Monument) |