NHER 32637 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two Type 22 pillbox

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Summary

A World War Two Type 22 pillbox, demolished in 1991, is recorded by documentary sources and is partially visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs. It formed part of the outer defences for the ‘nodal point’ of Acle.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG41SW
Civil Parish ACLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Type 22 pill box, demolished 1991.
See (S1).
D.Gurney (NLA) October 1996.

May 2007. Norfolk NMP.
The World War Two Type 22 pillbox described above is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S2)-(S4), centred at TG 4070 1082. Although only part of it can be seen, its full extent has been conjectured for the NMP mapping. There appears to be some discrepancy between the location recorded here, which is supported by the aerial photographic evidence, and those recorded by NMR TG 41 SW 47 and the Defence Areas Project (see (S5)), for example. The records do all appear to refer to the same site, however.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 26 May 2007.

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  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Council for British Archaeology. 2001. Defence of Britain Project: Acle (Defence Area 3)..
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC277 5021-2 18-APR-1944 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/70 5059-60 28-FEB-1946 (NMR).
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1962. RAF 58/5140 (F63) 0082-3 23-MAY-1962 (NMR).
  • <S5> *Digital Archive: Foot, W.. 2004?. Defence Area 15 (Acle) IN Defence Areas. A National Study of Second World War Anti-Invasion Landscapes in England.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2021 12:06PM

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