NHER 32537 (Monument record) - World War Two anti-tank block

One common, large anti-tank block under railway bridge in Bungalow Lane. [1]
Date 1940.
Survey No. M4-4.
See record form (S1) in file.
Compiled by D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

August 2005.
Still present.
E. Rose (NLA), 29 August 2005.

2008
The Anti-Tank Block is mentioned in the book '20th Century Defences in Britain: Norfolk' by M. Osborne and A. Graham Kerr.
Pictured and described on Page 58 (S2).
C. Kolonko (HES), 27 April 2012.

April 2012.
Photographic survey conducted by C. Kolonko (HES). Anti-Tank Block placed on the South side of the railway bridge on Bungalow Lane, Thorpe Saint Andrew. Located to restrict traffic movement under the bridge. The Anti-Tank Block was constructed using wooden shuttering.
Dimensions of the Anti-Tank Block: 127cm in height. 151cm in width. 206cm diagonally.
Also recorded a triangular metal plate that has been fitted to the North side of the Anti-Tank Block. This metal plate may have been used to mount a barrier, which would correspond with a hole in the railway bridge wall. May also have been used to mount a lamp.
Dimensions of the metal plate: Bottom: 21cm. Sides:13cm.
C. Kolonko (HES), 27 April 2012.