NHER 18036 (Monument record) - World War Two Type 22 pillbox, Meeting House Hill
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG32NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WORSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
East of almshouses.
Pill box; octagonal or polygonal, concrete facing over brick.
E. Rose (NAU), 14 April 1982.
1992.
Now painted cream and converted to extension of adjacent house
E. Rose (NAU), 2 March 1992
See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
Common, type 22 pillbox, painted buff and attached to garage.
Loops blocked. Date 1940.
Survey No. H2-5 (S1).
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.
November 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The World War Two Type 22 pillbox described above is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S2)-(S4), centred at TG 3056 2828. It is also depicted by modern Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping. It would have formed part of the line of defences that was erected along the River Ant stop line, as described in Kent (1988) (S3).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 23 November 2006.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57927 Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
- <S2> SNF65843 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 3080-1 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 3028A-B).
- <S3> SNF65844 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1971. OS/71088 177-8 21-APR-1971.
- <S4> SNF6574 Publication: Kent, P. 1988. Fortifications of East Anglia. p 190.
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Record last edited
Nov 30 2012 10:07AM