NHER 32469 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG04SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Quite rare, type 20/A/X pill box, date 1940/41.
Survey Number D2-22.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.
April 2004.
Still extant (but seen only in distance).
E. Rose (NLA), 13 April 2004.
Location of structure altered from TG 0984 4385 to TG 0983 4383.
May 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two pillbox type 20/A/X constructed in 1940 within Weybourne Anti-Aircraft Training Camp (NHER 11335) and is visible on aerial photographs (S1-3). This pillbox is 6.5m square and located at TG 0983 4383. This pillbox is to the immediate north of a machine gun emplacement (NHER 32471). During World War Two a variety of slit trenches and defences are constructed around these two emplacements. These are described under NHER 38633.
(S1-3)
S. Massey (NMP), 21 May 2004.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF51793 Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHF 32-33, KHE 24.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF53269 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. RAF 268A/BR183 VB4-5 17-DEC-1940 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF53786 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/330/1416 V64-65 16-JUL-1941 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF53273 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1636 4414-5 09-JUL-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 0943A, TG 1043B).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Nov 25 2014 5:12PM