Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24365 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox on southwest bank of Sam's Cut Drain |
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Summary
This type 24 World War Two brick and concrete pillbox is quite a common type. It stands on a high concrete block and faces northeast. It was built in 1940 or 1941.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 6016 9768 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL69NW |
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| Parish: | HILGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pill box, concrete, polygonal.
R. Silvester (NAU), 8 March 1988.
Quite common type 24 pillbox facing northeast. Wood shuttered and on a high concrete plinth. Date 1940/41.
See (S1).
D.Walker (NLA) July 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. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
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