NHER 32437 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox

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Summary

A quite rare type 20/2 polygonal concrete pillbox, built in about 1940 as part of the anti-invasion defences of the time.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF94SW
Civil Parish	WELLS NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Quite rare, type 20/2 pill box, date 1940/41. South of NHER 23977. Blast wall covering entrance is damaged.
Survey No. C3-9.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Pillbox mapped for NMP by A. Miller (Suffolk County Council). No photograph reference given at the time, but this pillbox is visible on Environment Agency 2002 aerial photographs.
H. Clare (NMP), 11 October 2002.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF51764 Photograph: Kent, P.. 1995. KHH 8A - 9A.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF53745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2002. EA 033 AF/02C/337 5646-7 19-JUL-2002 (EA).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

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Wells-next-the-Sea (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Feb 18 2025 10:54AM