Record Details
| NHER Number: | 52471 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
The site of a World War Two Type 22 pillbox is visible on aerial photographs
located on an area of higher ground to the south of Stoke Road, Poringland. This pillbox, and another to the immediate northwest (NHER 31129), along with searchlight batteries to the south (NHER 34192 & 52467) provided protection for the Stoke Holy Cross radar station to the northwest (NHER 14227).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2634 0256 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20SE |
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| Parish: | FRAMINGHAM EARL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The site of a type 22 World War Two pillbox is visible on aerial photographs located on an area of higher ground to the south of Stoke Road, Poringland (S1). The pillbox is centred on TG 2634 0256. This pillbox, and another to the immediate northwest (NHER 31129), along with searchlight batteries to the south (NHER 34192 & 52467) provided protection for the Stoke Holy Cross radar station to the northwest (NHER 14227). This pillbox had been removed by 1955.
S. Horlock (NMP), 04 November 2009.
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
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1949. RAF 541/390 4016-8 10-NOV-1949 (NMR). |
Related records
| 14227 | Part of: Site of Chain Home Radar transmitter (Monument) |
| 52467 | Related to: Site of a World War Two searchlight emplacement (Monument) |
| 52473 | Related to: World War Two pillbox (Monument) |
| 31129 | Related to: World War Two pillbox, Mill Close (Monument) |
| 34192 | Related to: World War Two searchlight battery (Monument) |