Record Details

NHER Number:18878
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox

Summary

A polygonal World War Two pillbox with an unusual domed roof.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 7031 8807
Map Sheet:TL78NW
Parish:HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

South end of post war Peacock's Bridge, in ditch.
Pill box. Polygonal.
Base in ditch of brick, with door.
Upper part at ground level of concrete with splayed loopholes.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 23 February 1983.

See (S1) in file by source [1], who adds:
Common type 22 pillbox low down in hedge south of Peacock's Bridge.
Odd domed roof. Date 1940.
Survey No. P4-5.
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.
<S1>Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.

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