NHER 14970 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox south of Fritton House Farm
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG41NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LUDHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
South of Fritton House.
Pillbox; large and unusual. Brick; square; with two widely splayed slits on each face.
E. Rose (NAU), 24 May 1979.
See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
One of two AM/3 pillboxes but a unique variant. Very large rectangular pillbox, seemingly overbuilt for purpose of protecting Ludham airfield. Date of about 1940.
Survey No. N1-8.
D.Walker (NLA) July 1996.
January 2004. Visited.
Still extant.
E. Rose (NLA), 15 January 2004.
September 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The pillbox described above is visible as an extant building on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3), centred at TG 4022 1897. Its ‘fresh’ appearance in 1942 (S1) suggests that it was relatively newly built at that date, almost certainly as an outer defence for Ludham airfield (NHER 8456) which opened in September 1941.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 11 September 2006.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF51861 Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHC 26-29.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF65344 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF FNO/32 6091-2 02-JUL-1942 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF65333 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 5057-8 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF65345 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 240-1 31-JUL-1990 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2011 12:16PM