NHER 16801 (Monument record) - World War Two Type 22 pillbox

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Summary

A World War Two Type 22 pillbox is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs, is recorded by documentary sources and has been visited on the ground. It formed part of the outer defences for the ‘nodal point’ of Acle. It may once have had a weapons mount or similar feature on its roof.

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Map sheet	TG41SW
Civil Parish	ACLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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Pill box.
Approximate location from Pillbox Survey.
E. Rose, (NAU) 25 November 1980.

Correct grid reference obtained by E. Rose (NAU) 12 April 1982.

See (S2) which adds, Type 22 pillbox.
Also photo and map in file.
D. Gurney (NLA),17 November 1996.

2001. The World War Two remains around Acle constitute a system of national importance.
See (S1).
D. Gurney (NLA), 27 December 2001.

May 2007. Norfolk NMP.
NMP mapping has led to the alteration of the central grid reference of the site from TG 4066 1061 to TG 4066 1062.
The World War Two Type 22 pillbox described above is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S3)-(S6). It has also been recorded as part of the Defence Areas Project (S7), and is depicted by modern Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping. On aerial photographs taken in 1946 (S3) a possible weapons mount (perhaps for an anti aircraft or anti tank weapon) or similar feature is visible on its roof.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 26 May 2007.

Associated Sources (11)

--- SNF89250 Newspaper Article: Great Yarmouth Mercury. 2002. Acle-A place of most resistance. 1 November.
--- SNF51803 Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHG 8-9.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF50156 Unpublished Document: Council for British Archaeology. 2001. Defence of Britain Project: Acle (Defence Area 3)..
<S2> SNF54383 Unpublished Document: 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
<S3> SNF67391 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC277 5021-2 18-APR-1944 (NMR).
<S4> SNF67409 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1606 2030-1 27-JUN-1946 (NMR).
<S5> SNF67510 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1988. NHER TG 4010A (NLA 209/DUA3) 17-AUG-1988.
<S6> SNF67511 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1993. OS/93316 185-6 11-AUG-1993 (NMR).
<S7> SNF67399 *Digital Archive: Foot, W.. 2004?. Defence Area 15 (Acle) IN Defence Areas. A National Study of Second World War Anti-Invasion Landscapes in England.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2021 12:11PM