NHER 15919 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG33SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Pillbox. Polygonal. Located from NAU aerial photographs.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 March 1980.
April 1980. Visit.
Core of concrete faced inside and out with brick. Central brick pillar; multi-angled slits. Apparently constructed to guard radio aerials formerly to north.
E. Rose (NAU), 2 April 1980.
See record form (S1) in file by source [1], who adds: Fairly common type 22C pillbox facing east. Date 1940.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
September 2004. Norfolk NMP. The grid reference for this pillbox has been corrected from TG 39133023 to TG 39153024.
Extant hexagonal type 22 World War Two pillbox visible on aerial photographs ((S2) to (S3)). The aerials referred to above are of post-war date and are not associated with the pillbox.
J. Albone (NMP), 2 September 2004.
December 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Land-based survey; Area A61, Context 1:
The pillbox was recorded. It is located beside a track and amongst fields.
See assessment report (S4) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
D. Robertson (NLA), 13 February 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2019.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF57927 Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
- <S2> SNF53500 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 1092-3 09-JUL-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 3830C / TG 3930B).
- <S3> SNF12404 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1977. NHER TG 3830A-D (NLA 52/AKJ1-4) 30-JUL-1977.
- <S4> SNF55835 Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045. p 134; Fig 60.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jul 21 2019 12:11AM