Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23194 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A World War Two pillbox is located on Cley Eye, built into a post medieval bank (NHER 27083). It can seen on aerial photographs taken in 1946, 1953 and 1986 and was associated with Cley Battery (NHER 24184).
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0498 4519 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG04NW |
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| Parish: | CLEY NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1986. Visit.
Pillbox at northwest corner of lake in bird sanctuary. Polygonal, concrete with brick facing; base of concrete structure on roof.
E. Rose (NAU), 16 December 1986.
See (S1) in file, which adds: Rare type 27/6/X pillbox, date 1940/41. Part of defences at Cley battery. Survey No. D1-5.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two hexagonal pillbox (type 27/6/X) can clearly be seen on both RAF 1946 (S2) and Floodlight (1953; S3 to S4) aerial photographs. As well as this it remains clearly visible on NLA oblique aerial photographs taken in 1986 (S5). It forms a part of the defences of Cley Battery (NHER 24184). This pillbox was recorded as part of the Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey in 1996 (survey number D1-5; S1); form states ‘originally red brick shuttered, most bricks gone. A/A well originally mounting Lewis or Bren gun. This was covered with concrete slab at one time'.
H. Clare (NMP), 11 October 2002.
December 2003.
No change.
E. Rose (NLA), 8 December 2003.
May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 12), Context 94:
A Second World War type 22 pillbox was monitored. It was built into a post medieval bank (context 126, NHER 27083).
See assessment report (S6) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 20 April 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.
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. |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1701 3065 27-AUG-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG04/TG0544/A). |
| <S3> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1953. Norfolk Air Photo Library: RAF 1953 Floodlight Collection. TG04/TG0545/K; TG04/TG0445/H. |
| <S4> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1953. RAF 58/1006 0368 04-FEB-1953 (Norfolk SMR Floodlight TG04/TG0445/D). |
| <S5> | Aerial Photograph: 1986. SMR TG0545/A-B (NLA/fl.175/DAW19-20) 10-JUL-1986 (SMR). |
| <S6> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045. |
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