NHER 31023 (Structure record) - World War Two pillbox in Oak Wood

The Norfolk Heritage Explorer is a filtered version of the Norfolk HER intended for casual research. Please to consult the full record.

See also further .

Summary

A type 20A World War Two pillbox built in 1940. This type of pillbox is quite rare.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG14SW
Civil Parish UPPER SHERINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

In edge of wood.
Pillbox, type 20 (brick single chamber, three walls flat, fourth with half-polygonal projection; blast wall to door in flat side).
E. Rose (NLA), 3 February 1995.

Quite rare type 20A pillbox, date 1940.
See (S1).
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

June 2003. Norfolk NMP.
Structure not visible on any available aerial photographs, therefore not mapped as part of NMP project. See NHER 38264 for further details of World War Two military activity within Oak Woods.
S. Massey (NMP), 24 June 2003.

January 2007. Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey.
Pill box noted (Oak Wood Site 1).
See report (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 19 March 2015.

2010. Building Survey.
Survey of pill boxes in Oak Wood by National Trust volunteer surveyor.
See report (S3) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2015.

  • --- Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHD 0-6.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Cushion, B. 2008. Sheringham Park. Ancient Woodland Archaeological Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey. Brian Cushion Archaeological & Cartographical Surveyor.
  • <S3> Unpublished Report: MacKinlay, T. A. 2010. Survey and report on World War 2 Pill boxes in Oak Wood.

Object Types (0)

Record last edited

Sep 12 2024 5:08PM

Comments and Feedback

Your feedback is welcome; if you can provide any new information about this record, please contact the Norfolk Historic Environment Record.