NHER 51900 (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 | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 2008. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two Type 24 pillbox, located at TG 2746 1009, is visible as an extant structure on aerial photos (S1)-(S6). The site lay to the east of Pound Lane, just inside the anti-tank ditch that surrounded Norwich to the north and east (NHER 51893). The pillbox is one of several such defences located along the line of the ditch; see NHER 51898-9 located 1.25km to the northwest, for example. More recent aerial photographs (S6) illustrate that the pillbox has since been destroyed.
E. Bales (NMP), 6 November 2008.
Associated Sources (6)
- <S1> SNF71025 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 (FP) 24-5 30-APR-1942 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF71008 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/789 6148-52 10-SEP-1945 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF71010 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1143 5001-2 29-JAN-1946 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF71017 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2050 5212-6 06-MAY-1947 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF71018 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. NMR TG 2709/5 (RAF 30009 CPE/UK/2362 SFFO-0062-63) 16-OCT-1947.
- <S6> 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
Sep 20 2010 12:41PM