NHER 32392 (Monument record) - World War Two gun emplacement or searchlight battery

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Summary

A World War Two gun emplacement or searchlight battery is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. A World War Two pillbox still stands on the site.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF80SW
Civil Parish HILBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Common type 22c pill box with red brick shuttering. Date 1940.
Survey No. K3-7.
Information from [1].
See (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA) August 1996.

July 1946.
RAF air photograph shows pillbox to northeast of a group of 3 circular structures in form of searchlight battery but not quite joined as is common. Further 2 circular structures to east and buildings to south.
Either searchlight battery and/or gun emplacement.
B. Cushion (NLA) 7 September 1998.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TF 80/TF 8101/A.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.

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Record last edited

Apr 1 2026 8:33AM

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