Record Details
| NHER Number: | 33377 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of a World War Two searchlight battery and pillbox |
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Summary
An RAF aerial photograph taken in the 1940s shows this is the site of a World War Two searchlight battery of three circular structures. There was a pill box to the north of the battery. These have been demolished and there is now a poultry farm on the site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 5981 9684 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL59NE |
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| Parish: | HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1946. RAF air photograph .
Indicates searchlight battery of three circular structures and pill box to north.
Area now under poultry farm.
B. Cushion (NLA) 8 January 1998.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TL 59/TL 5996/B. |
Related records - none
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