NHER 32425 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox and site of former gun emplacements

Common, 1940 type 22c pillbox standing to west of lane. Shuttering gone.
Survey No. K4-5.
Information from member of the public [1]. See record form in file.
D. Walker (NLA) August 1996.

1946.
RAF aerial photograph extends site to west to include searchlight battery of which the pillbox (Context 1) is the surviving feature. This has been repositioned from previous NHER location.
The site consists of three circular banked enclosures for the searchlight and the control building to the southeast. One further circular enclosure is 50m to the south and could be an anti aircraft gun emplacement.
Four smaller circular compounds are noted, possibly machine-gun emplacements and there is a zig-zag ditch on the west and northwest sides of the whole site.
Copy of air photograph in file.
B. Cushion (NLA) August 1997.

February 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The cropmarks of four ring ditches which most likely relate to the site of Second World War searchlight and possible gun emplacements (see above) are visible on aerial photographs from 2022 (S2). An extant Second World War pillbox (see above) is also visible on S2.
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 16 February 2026