NHER 19457 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox and site of anti aircraft battery

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Summary

This type 22 World War Two pillbox once stood at the entrance to a possible anti aircraft battery. The battery can be seen on an aerial photograph taken in the 1940s. The pillbox remains although no trace can be seen of the battery.

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  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF80NE
Civil Parish HOLME HALE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Above railway and road junction.
Pillbox, polygonal, overgrown.
E. Rose (NAU), 1 September 1983.

World War Two type 22 pillbox. No evidence of anti-ricochet wall.
See (S1).
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.

January 1946.
RAF air photograph shows pillbox at entrance to triangular compound which houses various circular structures commensurate with anti-aircraft battery and associated smaller structures.
B. Cushion (NLA), 10 September 1998.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TF 80/TF 8906/A.
  • --- Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.

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Record last edited

Jul 5 2023 7:48AM

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