NHER 51899 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two Type 24 pillbox on the line of the Norwich anti-tank ditch
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SPROWSTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 2008. Norfolk NMP.
A Type 24 pillbox is visible at TG 2646 1085, located inside the anti-tank ditch (NHER 51893), showing on (S1)-(S5). It occupies a strategic position, being situated at a field corner, approximately 14m to the southeast of a spigot mortar emplacement (NHER 51898), presumably placed to defend a 90 degree bend in the anti-tank ditch at this point, as it follows the field boundary to the north of a substantial wooded area, Racecourse plantation. More recent aerial photographs (S5) illustrate that the pillbox has since been destroyed.
E. Bales, (NMP) 6 November 2008.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF71021 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/789 6055-6 10-SEPT-1945 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF71007 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/789 6029-30 10-SEP-1945 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF71012 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1143 5025-6 29-JAN-1946 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF71016 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2050 5038-45 06-MAY-1947 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF71040 Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS 9856 06-AUG-1988 (NCC 1434).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Oct 18 2010 2:22PM