Record Details
| NHER Number: | 16002 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A pillbox from World War Two, which has been restored as a memorial to the Home Guard.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 1273 7962 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM17NW |
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| Parish: | DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
South of station.
Pill box; concrete, polygonal.
E. Rose (NAU) 14 April 1980.
See (S1) which adds:
Common World War II type 22 pillbox south of railway station, now bricked up.
Survey No. R4-3.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.
Preserved as a memorial to the Home Guard in 1995.
E. Rose (NLA) 4 January 1996.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (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. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1995-1996. [Articles on the ceremony to mark the unveiling of a plaque to make the involvement of the Home Guard in WWII]. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
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