NHER 15052 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox

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Summary

A World War Two polygonal type 22 pillbox, which defended a searchlight battery to the immediate east (NHER 53456) and a level crossing to the west.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL98NW
Civil Parish KILVERSTONE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Pill box. Octagonal, concrete.
On mound camouflaged by bushes, guarded level crossing east of main road south of railway.
E. Rose (NAU) 4 July 1979.

See (S1) in file by source [1], who adds:
Common, type 22 pillbox standing very high. Date 1940.
Survey No. Q4-1.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.

March 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two polygonal type 22 pillbox, defending a searchlight battery (NHER 53456) and a level crossing, is visible on aerial photographs (S2). Still visible in 1971 (S3).
S. Horlock (NMP), 12 March 2010.

  • --- 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.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/378 4008-10 13-JUN-1945 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1971. OS/71369 367-8 21-JUL-1971 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Dec 1 2020 5:26PM

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