NHER 18071 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox

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Summary

A World War Two pillbox visible as a structure on 1945 RAF vertical images. Two concrete blocks were recorded during the Norfolk Rapid Coastal Survey in 2005.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF74NE
Civil Parish TITCHWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Defensive position, World War Two.
Slight remains only. Now in centre of channel owing to coastal change.
E. Rose (NAU), 22 April 1982.

September 2002. Norfolk NMP. NGR corrected from TF 7579 4509.
The westernmost structure within a line of four concrete installations (with NHER 18069, 18070 and 15558), built into sea defence bank NHER 26783 (S1).
M. Brennand (NMP), 4 September 2002.

May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 7), Context 624:
Two concrete blocks were found embedded in beach sand at TF 75941 45027, debris from the World War Two concrete installation.
See assessment report (S2) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 14 April 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2019.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/369 4185-8 08-JUN-1945 (NMR).
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045.

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Record last edited

Jul 21 2019 12:20AM

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