NHER 15145 (Structure record) - Pillbox

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Summary

A pillbox from World War Two, part of a larger complex of small circular structures, visible on aerial photographs, which may be a searchlight battery.

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Map sheet TF70NW
Civil Parish BEACHAMWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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15 August 1979.
North west of Walter's Sheds. Pill box. Octagonal; of brick.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU)

See record form in file by source [1], who adds: Common, type 22 pillbox. Red brick faced, facing east. Survey No. J4-5.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.

January 1946. RAF air photograph shows pillbox as part of an almost destroyed complex of small circular structures, probably a searchlight battery, with associated huts alongside road.
B. Cushion (NLA) 16 July 1998

  • --- Aerial Photograph: TF 70/TF 7506/A.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.

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Aug 18 2025 10:38AM

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