Record Details

NHER Number:24478
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two pillbox

Summary

A concrete pillbox from World War Two.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 5751 0122
Map Sheet:TF50SE
Parish:DOWNHAM WEST, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Pillbox near Creek Farm.
Six sided, concrete, entrance towards south west.
R. Silvester (NAU) 23 May 1988

See (S1) which adds:
1940 type 24 pillbox on south side of drain facing north.
Built on deep raft.
Survey No. I2-20.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

February 2004.
Still extant.
E. Rose (NLA), 23 February 2004.

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Document: 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.

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