NHER 16798 (Monument record) - Site of an unusual wooden pillbox
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG12NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AYLSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Pill box.
In form a wooden penthouse reinforced with sandbags and with gunslits.
Approximate position from Pillbox Survey.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 November 1980.
8 December 1981. Visit.
Correct grid reference obtained by E. Rose (NAU). In form this is a wooden superstructure to a flint and brick pre existing yard wall. Its gun slits though in the planks are capped by huge concrete hoods. It commands the bridge and is a very interesting survival.
E. Rose (NAU), 8 December 1981.
May have been demolished, but possibly not.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 June 1985.
Illustrated in (S1).
See (S2) in file by source [1], who adds:
Sandbagged lean to attached to house. Now demolished. Mill Road.
Survey No. G3-8.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF8612 Monograph: Wills, H.. 1985. Pillboxes. p.23. p 60.
- <S2> SNF57927 Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
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Record last edited
Oct 24 2018 2:29PM