NHER 29153 (Monument record) - Site of Second World War type 22 pillbox

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Summary

A Second World War type 22 pillbox is visible on Neatherd Moor on 1940s and later aerial photographs. It was reportedly demolished around 1970.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF91SE
Civil Parish	DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Neatherd Moor.
Site of pillbox, on moor at former road junction. Polygonal. D. Fox (NAU), remembers climbing on it when a boy. Removed at some unknown date around 1970.
E. Rose (NLA), 11 August 1992

See (S1) which adds: World War Two pillbox of unknown type once stood on road junction. Removed around 1970.
Survey No. K2-8.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

March 2024. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The Second World War type 22 pillbox described above is visible on aerial photographs, such as S2 and S3. As described above, and as evident on more recent aerial photography (such as S4), it has been demolished. A Second World War practice trench and possibly associated banks or fences have been recorded 25m to its northeast (NHER 68064).
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 1 March 2024.

Associated Sources (5)

--- 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/3G/TUD/UK/100 V 5305-5306 30-MAR-1946.
<S3> SNF87690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. MAL/65044 V 014-015 12-MAY-1965.
<S4> SNF100592 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd and Getmapping Plc. unknown. Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) Orthophotographs. https://www.apgb.co.uk. Bluesky International Ltd APGB Imagery TF9315 17-JUL-2022.