NHER 42516 (Monument record) - Site of a World War Two Type 24 pillbox north of Black Gate Farm, Great Yarmouth

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Summary

A probable World War Two pillbox, which stood at the junction of Marsh Road and the former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line (NHER 13581; now the A12), is visible as an extant building on aerial photographs taken from 1944 onwards. On the earliest of these it was camouflaged as a building. It was one of a cluster of pillboxes and other World War Two defences identified in this area; others include another pillbox (NHER 42515) located approximately 200m to the west and a larger group of defences (NHER 42513) approximately 260m to the southwest. These were presumably sited to protect the town in the event of an attack on its landward side, and perhaps also to defend the nearby railway line. The pillbox described here has now been demolished.

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

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February 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A probable World War Two pillbox is visible as an extant building on aerial photographs (S1)-(S5), centred at TG 5148 0710. It stood on the western embankment of the former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line (NHER 13581), at the point where it was crossed by Marsh Road. The earliest consulted aerial photographs on which the pillbox is visible were taken in 1944 (S1). At this time, it was covered with a superstructure, camouflaging it as a shed or railway building (see (S2)). The pillbox is also visible, free of its disguise, on later aerial photographs of the area, see (S3)-(S5), but although it appears to have been polygonal, the photographs are not clear enough to see its precise shape. It was demolished before March 1955 (S6).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 13 February 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 4038-9 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5029-30 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
  • <S3> Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1948. NMR TG 5107/4 (RAF 30016 CPE/UK/2522 PFFO-0190) 23-MAR-1948.
  • <S4> Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1948. NMR TG 5107/8 (RAF 30016 CPE/UK/2522 SFFO-0190) 23-MAR-1948.
  • <S5> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 540/465 4060-1 20-APR-1951 (NMR).
  • <S6> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1955. RAF 58/1674 (F22) 0328-9 04-MAR-1955 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Jun 7 2006 11:52AM

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