NHER 17015 (Structure record) - World War Two pillbox
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG33SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BACTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Pill box. On New Road (Mill Lane).
Brick, octagonal, chamfered concrete loopholes.
Original information from Pillbox Survey.
Accurately located by E. Rose (NAU), 4 February 1981.
See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
Common type 22C pillbox with cast concrete loops, unusual for this area. Date 1940.
Survey No. H1-17.
D.Walker (NLA),August 1996.
November 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two hexagonal pillbox is visible on aerial photographs (S2 to S25). The grid reference for this pillbox has been adjusted from TG 3444 3378 to TG 3445 3374. It appears to be under construction on 16 August 1940 aerial photographs (S2) and is still extant on (S5). A weapons pit is visible 20m to the east of the pillbox on the opposite side of the road on 1940 and 1941 aerial photographs (S2 to S4) - this is now recorded separately as NHER 69871.
J. Albone (NMP), 26 November 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 May 2026.
April 2022. Field Observation.
This pillbox was observed to be extant during a walkover survey undertaken as part of a desk-based assessment of the field to the west.
See report (S6) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 22 May 2026.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S2> SNF54858 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. NMR TG 3433/49 (MSO 31015 2A/BR14/5 3648) 16-AUG-1940.
- <S3> SNF54859 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/358 12-3 30-JUL-1941 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF54860 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. NMR TG 3433/52 (MSO 31255 S378/H50 74) 07-AUG-1941.
- <S5> SNF12361 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A.. 1986. NHER TG 3433AR-AS (NLA 184/DCU29-30) 29-JUL-1986.
- <S6> SNF103395 Unpublished Contractor Report: Clarke, G. 2022. Land East of Coast Road, Bacton Norfolk. Archaeological Desk-based Assessment. Oxford Archaeology East. 2585.
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Record last edited
May 22 2026 9:54PM