NHER 16800 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox and spigot mortar emplacement at Wayford Bridge
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG32SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SMALLBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
South bank of river.
Pill box with mortar base.
Approximate location from Pillbox Survey.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 November 1980.
Grid reference corrected on ground, though from distance as box apparently inaccessible by land.
On very edge of water.
E. Rose (NAU). 14 January 1981.
The mortar spigot is a common 1940 spigot mortar gun emplacement.
Survey No. H2-19.
See record form in file by source [1].
D.Walker (NLA) July 1996.
See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
Common type 22 pillbox situated on south bank 100m east of bridge.
Survey No. H2-17.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.
May 2007. Norfolk NMP.
NMP mapping has led to the alteration of the central grid reference of the site from TG 3493 2475 to TG 3491 2478.
The World War Two Type 22 pillbox described above is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3), centred at TG 3493 2475. It is also depicted by modern Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping. A small concrete structure visible 55m to the northwest (at TG 3489 2479) on aerial photographs taken in 1972 (S3) may equate to the spigot mortar pedestal also described above, but this is not entirely certain.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 23 May 2007.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF67442 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 2090-1 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF67443 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1972. MAL 65032 173-5 26-APR-1972.
- <S3> SNF53112 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72111 062-3 02-MAY-1972.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2011 12:55PM