Record Details
NHER Number: | 30229 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
A World War Two pillbox, which is also visible on aerial photographs of this area.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 7739 4421 |
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Map Sheet: | TF74SE |
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Parish: | BRANCASTER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Pill box. Brick, polygonal.
Revealed by cutting back of hedge beside coastal path.
E. Rose (NLA), 7 December 1993.
See (S1) in file which adds:
Type 24 pillbox. Situated in hedge line bordering marsh. Date 1940.
Survey No. C1-6.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
September 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Type 24 pillbox dating from 1940 (S2). Mapped as part of NMP.
M. Brennand (NMP), 3 September 2003.
November 2016.
Not visible amidst dense undergrowth, brambles etc.
D. Gurney (HES), 11 November 2016.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHE 32. |
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
<S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
<S2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 4016 07-JUN-1946 (SMR TF 7743E). |
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