NHER 32486 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox

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Summary

A World War Two Type 22 pillbox survives in a gateway, now with an oil tank situated on top of it. It is visible on aerial photographs. It was one of several World War Two defences sited in the vicinity (see NHER 20936 and 32485).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG10SW
Civil Parish WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Common type 22 pillbox, date 1940. Positioned in gateway. Oil tank on top. [1]
Survey No. L4-4.
See record form in file (S1).
Compiled by D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.

September 2011. Norfolk NMP.
The World War Two Type 22 pillbox described above is visible as an extant structure (prior to the oil tank being situated on top of it, see above) on aerial photographs, including (S2). It is located at TG 1014 0144, where it is depicted by modern Ordnance Survey mapping, rather than at TG 1015 0145 as previously recorded.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 14 September 2011.

  • --- Photograph: Kent, P.. 1995. KHK 26.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1429 4120-1 16-APR-1946 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Nov 12 2013 4:53PM

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