NHER 13430 (Monument record) - World War Two tank trap

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Summary

A very rare World War Two metal tank trap survives on the west side of the bridge here.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF71SE
Civil Parish NARFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK
Civil Parish EAST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Metal tank trap on this bridge.
Location information from (S1).
In 1973 the Department of Environment recommended that it be scheduled because of rarity of metal traps surviving.
E. Rose (NAU).

Scheduling not carried through because 'only strategic route traps' are scheduled.
Photograph in (S2).

See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
Extremely rare anti tank rails on west side of bridge. Set of steel rails formed into tank trap. Survey No. J2-11.
See (S3) in file.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

April 2001. Visit.
Still in position.
E. Rose (NLA), 23 April 2001.

  • --- Monograph: Wills, H.. 1985. Pillboxes: a study of UK defences, 1940.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Records / Pastscape.
  • <S3> Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.

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Record last edited

Jul 30 2025 8:29AM

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