NHER 27481 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two pillbox
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG51SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAISTER ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
July 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two pillbox is visible on contemporary and later aerial photographs (S1 to S4). This pillbox was located on the south side of Norwich Road at TG 5162 1226. Due to subsequent realignment of the road its site now lies under the present carriageway. It was hexagonal in plan and appears to be a type 22 pillbox with the entrance on its southwest face (S4). The earliest aerial photographs showing this pillbox date to 1944 (S1), although it is likely that it was constructed earlier in the war. It was clearly positioned to defend the Norwich Road access into Caister on Sea village and is supported by a spigot mortar emplacement 230m to the north (NHER 27480). The road had been realigned and the pillbox destroyed by 1965 (S5).
J. Albone (NMP), 19 July 2005
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF56624 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/14 2001-2002 13-MAY-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF56625 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/832 3184-3185 23-SEP-1945 (Norfolk SMR TG 5112B / TG 5212A).
- <S3> SNF56626 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1952. RAF 540/705 5129-5130 09-APR-1952 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF56627 Oblique Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. 1953. NMR TG 5112/27-33 (CUCAP LF73-LF79) 20-APR-1953.
- <S5> SNF56524 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1965. MAL 65080 015-016 19-SEP-1965 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 12 2005 12:41PM