NHER 32549 (Structure record) - Second World War pillbox
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG22NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AYLSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Common, type 22 pill box on high ground northeast of Burgh Road.
May have been demolished.
Survey No. G3-10.
Information from [1]. See (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.
November 2004.
As suggested this has been destroyed and no trace remains. There is a concrete road approaching the site from the south and various pieces of broken concrete are stacked beside it and overgrown.
E. Rose (NLA), 15 November 2004.
Local resident reports this pillbox is still extant.
K Hamilton (HES) 16 November 2012
Extant pillbox is at TG20142687. It is not clear whether Kent's record relates to this pillbox, or whether the remains at TG20262679 represent a separate, demolished pillbox.
K. Hamilton (HES) 12 June 2014
April 2022. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
A Second World War Type 22 pillbox (see above) can be seen as a structure on the 1940s aerial photographs (S2). The pillbox is also seen well on the 1970s aerial photographs (S3) and is still visible as a structure on recent (2020) aerial photographs (S4) within an area of modern housing. The monument polygon has been updated to the position of the feature as seen on the aerial photographs.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 23 May 2022.
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF98497 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2017. Wartime pillbox is centrepiece of town's new memorial garden. 17 November.
- --- SNF51785 Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHF 21.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57927 Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
- <S2> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/1636 RS 4355-4356 09-JUL-1946.
- <S3> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. OS/71088 V 159-160 21-APR-1971.
- <S4> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 07-AUG-2020 Accessed 09-MAY-2022.
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Record last edited
May 28 2024 9:24AM