Record Details

NHER Number:23517
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two bunker or shelter

Summary

A surviving World War Two underground bunker or shelter. It is located within the site of a military installation (NHER 23518).

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7082 4486
Map Sheet:TF74SW
Parish:HOLME NEXT THE SEA, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

ONE OF THE STRUCTURES INITIALLY RECORDED AS PART OF NHER 23517 IS NOW RECORDED AS NHER 51014 (THE WESTERNMOST STRUCTURE).

Defensive structures.
Two underground dugouts a short distance apart. Red brick, entrance to north formed by trench open at each end and roofed with concrete above door.
E. Rose (NAU), 30 April 1987.

This pillbox sits inside one of the trenches of complex NHER 23518.

October 2007. Site visit.
World War Two shelter/bunker built into the northern side of a World War Two bank (the bank is recorded under NHER 23518).
Located to the northeast of NHER 51014, a very similar structure.
Marked on Ordnance Survey landline map (S1).
'Underground Building 2' in (S2).
D. Robertson (NLA), 23 October 2007.

Monument Types

  • UNDERGROUND MILITARY HEADQUARTERS (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.
<S2>Article in Serial: Losson, E.. 1990. NW Norfolk Coastal defences.. NIAS Journal. Vol 4, No 5, p 192. p 192.

Related records

23518Part of: World War Two military installation at Holme Dunes (Monument)
51014Related to: World War Two bunker or shelter (Building)
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