Record Details
NHER Number: | 51705 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Pillbox at Thetford Grammar School |
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Summary
This type 22 pillbox is built into a wall covering the bridge, and is disguised by knapped flint facing to match the wall. It is visible on aerial photographs until at least 1957.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TL 86807 83090 |
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Map Sheet: | TL88SE |
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Parish: | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1994. Defensive Structures Survey.
A type 22 pillbox built into wall covering bridge, disguised by knapped flint facing to match wall.
See (S1).
P. Kent, April 1994.
December 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The pillbox described above is visible on aerial photographs (S2-S3) centred on TL 8680 8309.
E. Bales (NMP), 15 Dec 2010.
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 | Unpublished Document: Kent, P.. 1994.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. |
<S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/59 5385-6 05-FEB-1946 (NMR). |
<S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1957. BKS (NCC) 517441-2 XX-APR-1957. |
Related records
5750 | Part of: Site of Cathedral, Churches of Great St Mary and Holy Trinity, Domus Dei and Blackfriars, Thetford Grammar School (Monument) |