NHER 27246 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two pillbox
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SEA PALLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two pillbox and enclosing strip of barbed wire is visible on aerial photographs protecting the beach access at Waxham Sands (S1 to 3). Further pillboxes and military defences are located to the landward side, along the path through the dunes (NHER 27247, 27252).
The site is centred on TG 4551 2529, which is also the location of the pillbox. The pillbox appears to be a type 22. Although it cannot be seen clearly on any of the available aerial photographs, the half of the structure that is not buried in 1946 appears to be polygonal. The barbed wire that surrounds the seaward side of the pillbox covers approximately 190m of the seafront (S1-2). This has been removed by 1946 (S3).
(S1 to 3)
S. Massey (NMP), 14 February 2004.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF55551 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. NMR TG 4524/3 (MSO 31022 26/BR14/15 4832) 19-SEP-1940.
- <S2> SNF55552 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. NMR TG 4525/1 (MSO 31022 26/BR14/15 4833) 19-SEP-1940.
- <S3> SNF55534 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 2106-7 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Dec 4 2020 12:00PM