Record Details
| NHER Number: | 38247 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A World War Two Type 22 pillbox visible as a structure on 1946 and 1947 RAF vertical aerial photographs. It was destroyed before 1961.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6121 1867 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NW |
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| Parish: | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 2003. NMP.
A type 22 pillbox situated on the western bank of the River Great Ouse, below Free Bridge. This location was presumably to cover the approach to the bridge from the A47 to the west although it also overlooks the river. The opposite side of the bridge would probably also be visible from this position. The structure appears to have been painted or covered with a dark coloured material in 1946 (S1), but appears as a lighter concrete colour in 1947 (S2). The date of its destruction is unknown but it is not visible in 1961 (S3).
M. Brennand (NMP), 17 June 2003.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1427 4170-1 16-APR-1946. |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2359 5231-2 15-OCT-1947. |
| <S3> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1961. RAF V543/1462 0039-40 05-OCT-1961. |
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