Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32549 |
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| Type of record: | Structure |
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| Name: | Second World War pillbox |
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Summary
A Second World War Type 22 pillbox can be seen as a structure on the 1940s aerial photographs and has been recorded from field visits. The pillbox had been suggested to have been demolished; However, the pillbox is still visible as a structure on recent (2020) aerial photographs within an area of modern housing.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2026 2679 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG22NW |
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| Parish: | AYLSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Common, type 22 pill box on high ground northeast of Burgh Road.
May have been demolished.
Survey No. G3-10.
Information from [1]. See (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.
November 2004.
As suggested this has been destroyed and no trace remains. There is a concrete road approaching the site from the south and various pieces of broken concrete are stacked beside it and overgrown.
E. Rose (NLA), 15 November 2004.
Local resident reports this pillbox is still extant.
K Hamilton (HES) 16 November 2012
Extant pillbox is at TG20142687. It is not clear whether Kent's record relates to this pillbox, or whether the remains at TG20262679 represent a separate, demolished pillbox.
K. Hamilton (HES) 12 June 2014
April 2022. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
A Second World War Type 22 pillbox (see above) can be seen as a structure on the 1940s aerial photographs (S2). The pillbox is also seen well on the 1970s aerial photographs (S3) and is still visible as a structure on recent (2020) aerial photographs (S4) within an area of modern housing. The monument polygon has been updated to the position of the feature as seen on the aerial photographs.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 23 May 2022.
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
| --- | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHF 21. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2017. Wartime pillbox is centrepiece of town's new memorial garden. 17 November. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/1636 RS 4355-4356 09-JUL-1946. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. OS/71088 V 159-160 21-APR-1971. |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 07-AUG-2020 Accessed 09-MAY-2022. |
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