NHER 32497 (Monument record) - The site of a possible Second World War pillbox

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Summary

The possible foundations of a Second World War pillbox are seen on aerial photographs. It is suggested that the foundations may have related to a type 22 pillbox dating to around 1940 which use to stand in the middle of a crossroads.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG12NE
Civil Parish OULTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Hexagonal foundations, possibly of a type 22 pill box, dating to around 1940. Stood in middle of crossroads, now destroyed.
Survey No. G3-2.
Information from member of the public [1].
See record form in file.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.

March 2022. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The possible foundations of a former Second World War pillbox (see above) are seen on aerial photographs (S1-S3). The possible foundations can be seen faintly on the 1946 (S1) and 1968 (S2) aerial photographs. The possible foundations have been removed by 1999 (S3).
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 07 March 2022.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/1428 RS 4313-4314 16-APR-1946.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. OS/68149 V 006-007 02-JUN-1968.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 01-JAN-1999 Accessed 23-FEB-2022.

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Record last edited

Feb 2 2024 3:37PM

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