NHER 32657 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox at Great Yarmouth

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Summary

A World War Two Type 24 pillbox still survives as an extant building on drained marshland to the west of Great Yarmouth. It has been visited on the ground and is also visible on aerial photographs taken from 1944 onwards. On the earliest of these it was camouflaged as a shed. It is one of a cluster of pillboxes and other World War Two defences identified in this area; others include a second pillbox (NHER 42515) located approximately 150m to the southwest and a larger group of defences (NHER 42513) 355m to the south. These were presumably sited to protect the town in the event of an attack from its landward side.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG50NW
Civil Parish	GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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Type 24 pill box in very good condition.
See (S1) and (S2).
D. Gurney (NLA) October 1996.

February 2006. Norfolk NMP.
NMP mapping has led to the alteration of the central grid reference of the site from TG 513 073 to TG 5135 0728.

The World War Two Type 24 pillbox described above is visible as an extant building on aerial photographs (S3)-(S6). The earliest consulted aerial photographs on which the pillbox is visible were taken in 1944, e.g. (S3)-(S4). At this time, the pillbox was covered with a superstructure, camouflaging it as a shed (see (S5)). The pillbox is also visible, free of its disguise, on recent aerial photographs of the area, e.g. (S6). On these it is clear that the polygonal structure stands on a concrete base which is identical in shape but slightly larger than the pillbox itself. The base has not been mapped by the NMP.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 13 February 2006.

Associated Sources (8)

--- SNF59600 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1999. Horse falls for soft soap. 6 August.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF57927 Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
<S2> SNF59613 Photograph: Smith, R.. 1995. RDS 06.
<S3> SNF57272 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/694 4106-7 26-MAR-1944 (NMR).
<S4> SNF57273 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 4038-9 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).
<S5> SNF61170 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1296 5217-8 26-MAR-1946 (NMR).
<S6> SNF60586 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89035 084-5 18-MAR-1989.

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Record last edited

Apr 30 2019 11:01AM