NHER 30783 (Monument record) - Second World War pillbox associated with Docking Airfield (NHER 13551)

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Summary

A Second World War Type 22 pillbox, associated with Docking Airfield (NHER 13551), survives as an extant structure. It has been visited on the ground, is visible on aerial photographs, and is depicted by modern Ordnance Survey mapping.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF73NE
Civil Parish DOCKING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Pillbox, standard type, brick shuttering.
Former airfield site (NHER 13551).
See (S1).
E. Rose (NLA) 1994.

September 2025. Northwest Norfolk Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AI&M) Project.
The Second World War Type 22 pillbox described above is visible on aerial photographs (S2) and is depicted by modern Ordnance Survey mapping (S3). It was part of the defences for Docking Airfield (NHER 13551). It is presumed to still survive but is obscured by vegetation on more recent aerial photography.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 25 September 2025.

  • --- Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHE 31.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd and Getmapping Plc. unknown. Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) Orthophotographs. https://www.apgb.co.uk. Infoterra Ltd & Bluesky APGB imagery TF7839 25-JUN-1999.
  • <S3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 2004. MasterMap.

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Record last edited

Sep 25 2025 11:56AM

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