Record Details
| NHER Number: | 16787 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
An unusually shaped type 3 Air Ministry concrete pillbox of about 1940, built as a perimeter defence for the east side of RAF Coltishall.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2744 2290 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG22SE |
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| Parish: | SCOTTOW, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pill box.
East side of Coltishall airfield.
Not usual form; concrete slabs with sloping roof.
Position is approximate.
Information from Pillbox Survey.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 November 1980.
See record form in file by source [1], who corrects grid reference and adds:
One of two Air Ministry type 3 pillboxes, of about 1940. Defends east side of RAF Coltishall. Very odd mounts in five loop holes. Hatch in roof.
Survey No. G4-13.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
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