NHER 18468 (Monument record) - World War One pillbox
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG33NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TRUNCH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
In derelict yard of Tee Farm (now house).
Pill box. Polygonal. General location by Pillbox Survey.
Detailed location by council gardener who states that it dates from World War I. Not visible from road. Demolished, overgrown? Could not get access to land.
Visit and Comp. E. Rose (NAU), 27 October 1982.
December 2004. Norfolk NMP.
NMP mapping has led to the alteration of the central grid reference of the site from TG 3023 3589 to TG 3029 3595.
A pillbox is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs dating from 1943 to 1968 (S1-3), centred at TG 3029 3595. Although this grid reference differs slightly from that given for the pillbox described above they are almost certainly the same structure, which is listed in a gazetteer of 20th-century military sites as a World War One circular pillbox (S4). The shape of the pillbox is not particularly clear on any of the consulted aerial photographs but could be slightly polygonal. It may still survive but is hidden by vegetation on aerial photographs taken after 1968.
(S1-4)
S. Tremlett (NMP), 9 December 2004.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF82360 Unpublished Document: Yardley, C. J. 2011. The Mun Valley: Historic landscape Assessment and Landscape Character Assessment for Norfolk Coast Project. p 16.
- <S1> SNF55030 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1943. RAF AC/161 5117-8 04-JAN-1943 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF55031 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1952. RAF 540/690 5250-1 11-MAR-1952 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF55032 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1968. OS/68083 038-9 25-APR-1968 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF52091 Monograph: Bird, C.. 1999. Silent sentinels: the story of Norfolk's fixed defences during the twentieth century.. p 74.
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Record last edited
Oct 20 2011 10:03AM