Record Details
NHER Number: | 32692 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Site of World War Two pillbox, rugby club |
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Summary
A World War Two pillbox of unknown type once stood on the site of the rugby club. It may have been positioned to defend the possible searchlight battery and/or gun emplacement to the east (NHER 54504). It no longer survives as it was blown up at an unspecified date.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TL 8553 8675 |
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Map Sheet: | TL88NE |
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Parish: | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
World War Two pillbox of unknown type stood on site of rugby club.
Blown up.
Survey No. Q3-1.
Information from [1].
See (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA) August 1996.
January 2011. Norfolk NMP.
The pillbox recorded above could not be identified on aerial photographs of the area, however it may have been located in order to defend the possible searchlight and or gun emplacement visible to the east (NHER 54504).
E. Bales (NMP), 14 Jan 2011.
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 | Unpublished Document: Kent, P.. 1994. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey record form. |
Related records - none
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