NHER 23517 (Monument record) - World War Two bunker or shelter

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Summary

A surviving World War Two underground bunker or shelter. It is located within the site of a military installation (NHER 23518).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF74SW
Civil Parish HOLME NEXT THE SEA, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

ONE OF THE STRUCTURES INITIALLY RECORDED AS PART OF NHER 23517 IS NOW RECORDED AS NHER 51014 (THE WESTERNMOST STRUCTURE).

Defensive structures.
Two underground dugouts a short distance apart. Red brick, entrance to north formed by trench open at each end and roofed with concrete above door.
E. Rose (NAU), 30 April 1987.

This pillbox sits inside one of the trenches of complex NHER 23518.

October 2007. Site visit.
World War Two shelter/bunker built into the northern side of a World War Two bank (the bank is recorded under NHER 23518).
Located to the northeast of NHER 51014, a very similar structure.
Marked on Ordnance Survey landline map (S1).
'Underground Building 2' in (S2).
D. Robertson (NLA), 23 October 2007.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Losson, E.. 1990. NW Norfolk Coastal defences.. NIAS Journal. Vol 4, No 5, p 192. p 192.

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Record last edited

Nov 25 2014 5:00PM

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