NHER 43550 (Monument record) - Site of a possible World War Two pillbox or sentry post
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM38NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | EARSHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
April 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A possible World War Two pillbox or sentry post associated with a nearby bomb store is visible on aerial photographs (S1). This structure is centred on TM 3190 8925. A rectangular structure that measured 7m by 5m and had a pitched roof was present within a grass traffic island at the junction of Hall Road and Bath Hills Road. It was probably a sentry post or pillbox associated with the dispersed USAAF bomb store centred on Earsham Hall (NHER 41375) (S2). All visible parts of the bomb store lay to the west of this point, with the closest being 230m along Hall Road (NHER 41374). Other similar structures were present on roads around the northern limit of the bomb stores (NHER 43781, 43783, 41373). The structure at this road junction had been demolished by 1963 (S3).
J. Albone (NMP), 12 April 2006
November 2025. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
A concrete pad, which may relate to the site of the World War Two sentry post (see above) is visible on Google Street View image dated June 2024 (S4).
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 19 November 2025
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF63116 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1636 4046-7 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TM 3190A-B).
- <S2> SNF2473 Article in Serial: 1973. Airfields of Norfolk and Suffolk. Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. Pt.1, p.18.
- <S3> SNF63112 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1963. RAF 58/5942 (F22) 102-3 27-SEP-1963 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF100235 Photograph: Google Earth. 2011-2025. Google Earth Pro Street View. Digital. Accessed 20-NOV-2025.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Nov 20 2025 2:15PM