NHER 32508 (Structure record) - World War Two pillbox

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Summary

Extant World War Two type 20a pillbox. Visible on Ordnance Survey aerial photographs from 1969.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

Quite rare type 20a pill box, date 1940. Between drive and hedge in garden of West Lodge.
See (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

June 2003. Norfolk NMP.
World War Two type 20a pillbox visible on Ordnance Survey aerial photographs from 1969 (S2). The structure is situated on the edge of Oak Woods at TG 1324 4278. 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 (32508 Site 2).
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.

  • --- 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 Unpublished Contractor Report: Cushion, B. 2008.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.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69037 031-2 03-APR-1969.
  • <S3> Unpublished Report: MacKinlay, T. A. 2010. Survey and report on World War 2 Pill boxes in Oak Wood.

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Record last edited

Sep 12 2024 5:10PM

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