NHER 30782 (Monument record) - Second World War pillbox associated with Docking Airfield (NHER 13551)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF73NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DOCKING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Pillbox.
Standard type.
Brick shuttering, presumably connected with airfield to east.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NLA) 1994.
September 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project.
A Second World War Type 22 pillbox, visible on aerial photographs (S2-S4) and depicted by modern Ordnance Survey mapping (S4), is presumed to be the same as that described above. It lies approximately 235m to the south-east (at TF 7815 3915) of the originally recorded location (TF 7807 3938), but no pillbox is visible as that location on the consulted aerial sources, including aerial photographs taken in the 1940s. It may also be the same as Historic England Research Record 1393814 (S5), but the latter is recorded as being located approximately 445m to the north (no pillbox is visible here on the consulted sources), and as being of Type 24 design rather than Type 22. The pillbox was part of the defences for Docking Airfield (NHER 13551). It is visible on aerial photographs taken in 2023 (S4) and is presumed to still survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 25 September 2025.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF54383 Unpublished Document: 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
- <S2> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/1571 RS 4120-21 07-JUN-1946.
- <S3> SNF100592 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd and Getmapping Plc. unknown. Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) Orthophotographs. https://www.apgb.co.uk. Bluesky International Ltd APGB Imagery TF7839 10-JUL-2022.
- <S4> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 25-JUN-2023 Accessed 04-JUL-2025.
- <S5> SNF89820 Digital Dataset: Historic England. Historic England Research Record (formerly National Record for the Historic Environment; formerly National Monument Record). UNIQUE IDENTIFIER: 1393814, TF 73 NE 26.
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Record last edited
Mar 30 2026 2:37PM