NHER 8377 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox

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Summary

A World War Two type 22 Pillbox has been located on the ground and is visible on aerial photographs of this site. The pillbox probably watching the crossing at nearby Dersingham Station.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF63SE
Civil Parish DERSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

February 1976.
Pillbox, octagonal, brick, with remains of structure on roof. On top of small hillock.
E. Rose (NAU), 26 February 1976.

See record form in file by [1], who adds: Pillbox, date about 1940 probably standard type 22. Close hedged in new housing estate.
Survey No. B2-1.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

August 2001. Norfolk NMP.
Type 22 pillbox (S2) presumably positioned to cover the crossing at Dersingham Station. Still visible in 1988 (S3) although now surrounded by a housing estate.
M. Brennand (NMP), 13 August 2001.

January 2013.
The post medieval windmill previously recorded under this record is now recorded under NHER 58587.
R. Hoggett (HES), 22 January 2013.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
  • <S2> Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1606 1256 27-JUN-1946 (SMR TF 6831A).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS 4086 01-OCT-1988 (NCC 5449).

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Record last edited

Mar 20 2021 1:49PM

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