Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32626 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two pillbox |
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Summary
An extant World War Two type 24 pillbox.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3388 3418 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG33SW |
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| Parish: | BACTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Quite common 1940/41 type 24 pill box in hedgerow facing west.
Steel rods in roof for securing camouflage.
Survey No. H1-12.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D.Walker (NLA) August 1996.
November 2004. Norfolk NMP.
An extant polygonal World War Two pillbox is visible on aerial photographs (S3-6). This pillbox is located at TG 3388 3418. It is not present on aerial photographs dating from 16 August 1940 (S6), but had been constructed by 30 July 1941 (S3). Associated barbed wire defences and weapons pits are recorded as NHER 38985.
(S3-6)
J. Albone (NMP), 29 November 2004
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S2> | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1995. KHH 18A - 19A. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/358 14-5 30-JUL-1941 (NMR). |
| <S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1953. RAF 540/1013 0010-11 04-FEB-1953 (Norfolk SMR TG 3434E-F). |
| <S5> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2002. EA 040 AF/02C/339 6971-2 22-JUL-2002 (EA). |
| <S6> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. NMR TG 3434/2 (MSO 31015 2A/BR14/5 3650) 16-AUG-1940. |
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