Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24210 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A pillbox, from World War Two.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 5856 0092 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF50SE |
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| Parish: | DENVER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Six sided concrete pill box faced in brick, now used as chemical store.
Stated by farmer to have been erected to protect Denver Sluice.
R. Silvester (NAU) 3 December 1987.
World War II anti-aircraft artillery.
See file.
D. Gurney (NLA) 28 January 1997.
See (S1) which adds:
Standard 1940 type 24 pillbox facing northeast towards bridges.
Now used as a paint store with oil tanks on roof and bricked up loopholes.
Survey No. I2-23.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.
Monument Types
- ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (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
| --- | Serial: Dobinson, C.S.. 1996. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England.. Vol I(4), p 605. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
Related records - none
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