NHER 43550 (Monument record) - Site of a possible World War Two pillbox or sentry post

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Summary

A possible World War Two pillbox or sentry post associated with a nearby bomb store is visible on aerial photographs. It was probably a sentry post or pillbox associated with the dispersed USAAF bomb store centred on Earsham Hall (NHER 41375). The structure had been removed by 1963.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM38NW
Civil Parish EARSHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

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

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1636 4046-7 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TM 3190A-B).
  • <S2> Article in Serial: 1973. Airfields of Norfolk and Suffolk. Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. Pt.1, p.18.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1963. RAF 58/5942 (F22) 102-3 27-SEP-1963 (NMR).
  • <S4> Photograph: Google Earth. 2011-2025. Google Earth Pro Street View. Digital. Accessed 20-NOV-2025.

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Record last edited

Nov 20 2025 2:15PM

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