NHER 31129 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox, Mill Close
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | PORINGLAND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Pillbox. Type 22 (polygonal) with unusual openings.
Brick shuttered, now used as base for Telecom mast. Originally protected radar mast to north.
Information from member of the public [1].
Survey form in file.
E. Rose (NLA) 29 March 1995.
Also ?World War II anti-aircraft artillery in this area?
See file.
D.Gurney (NLA) 28 January 1997.
November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The site of a type 22 World War Two pillbox is visible on aerial photographs located on an area of higher ground to the south of Stoke Road, Poringland (S2). The pillbox is centred on TG 2620 0262. The aerial photographs have revealed the former presence of another type 22 pillbox 150m to the east (NHER 52471), which would have protected the southern approach to the radar station and also the searchlight emplacement to the immediate south (NHER 34192).
S. Horlock (NMP), 04 November 2009.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF51747 Photograph: Kent, P.. 1995. KHJ 26-27.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 SE M.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF5762 Serial: Dobinson, C.S.. 1996. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England.. Vol I.4, p 590.
- <S2> SNF73259 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1949. RAF 541/390 4016-8 10-NOV-1949 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (5)
- Geographical: NHER 14227 - Part of: Site of Chain Home Radar transmitter (Monument)
- Chronological: NHER 52467 - Related to: Site of a World War Two searchlight emplacement (Monument)
- Chronological: NHER 52471 - Related to: Site of World War Two pillbox (Monument)
- Chronological: NHER 52473 - Related to: World War Two pillbox (Monument)
- Chronological: NHER 34192 - Related to: World War Two searchlight battery (Monument)
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Record last edited
Feb 24 2025 5:38PM