NHER 33310 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox

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Summary

A World War Two pillbox is visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1946. It is still visible on the ground, though very overgrown, and is a quite rare type 2/20 design. Built in about 1940, it was part of a network of anti-invasion defences of the time.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG14SW
Civil Parish WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Pillbox. Quite rare type 2, very overgrown. Date about 1940.
Survey Number D2-42.
Possibly confused with site NHER 15819 on earlier NHER entry.
Form in file.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.

June 2003. Norfolk NMP.
World War Two pillbox visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1946 (S1). The pillbox is located at TG 1160 4293 and is a type 2/20 measuring 6m by 4m. The 1946 images do not show the area particularly clearly; however on Ordnance Survey aerial photographs from 1969 a small, 1m by 1.5m, rectangular structure is clearly visible to the immediate east centred on TG 1160 4293. It is not clear whether this structure is also present on the 1946 images, although it does seem to be placed in line with the southeastern firing line of the pillbox. This may suggest that it is a later structure.
S. Massey (NMP), 30 June 2003.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 3172-3 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 1142A-B).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69037 028-9 03-APR-1969 (SMR).

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Record last edited

Oct 11 2011 2:24PM

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