NHER 32709 (Structure record) - World War Two pillbox on Telegraph Hill
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM08NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Common, 1940 type 22 pill box, situated in middle of field. Stripped of bricks.
See (S1).
D. Walker (NLA) August 1996.
February 2010. Norfolk NMP. Erroneously recorded under NHER 53389.
A type FW3/22 pillbox is visible on aerial photographs at Telegraph Hill, about 1250 metres east of East Harling, (S2)-(S4) centred on TM 0079 8621.
The pillbox was still visible on aerial photographs in 1975 (S4). It is described in the NMR record (1418359) as being built of concrete and brick shuttering, constructed in the period of 1940/1941. Most of the shuttering was removed postwar.
At the time of a field visit in January 1995 the condition of the pillbox was described as fair (S1, S5).
E. Bales (NMP), 10 February 2010.
February 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The above pillbox is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs form 2024 (S6).
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 09 February 2026
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57927 Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
- <S2> SNF73036 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC276 5036-7 18-APR-1944 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF73039 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF CPE/UK/1801 3085-6 25-OCT-1946 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF73040 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1975. OS/75177 133-4 06-JUN-1975 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF65691 Website: Council for British Archaeology. 2002-2006. Defence of Britain database. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm. 31 December 2024.
- <S6> SNF100592 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd and Getmapping Plc. unknown. Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) Orthophotographs. https://www.apgb.co.uk. Bluesky International Ltd APGB Imagery TM0086 08-APR-2024.
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Record last edited
Feb 9 2026 12:41PM