NHER 32663 (Monument record) - Possible World War Two pillbox recorded at the junction of Cliff Hill and Avondale Road, Gorleston on Sea
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG50SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Type 24 pill box at junction of Cliff Hill and Avondale Road.
Demolished 1976.
Information from [1].
D. Gurney (NLA) October 1996.
January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A possible World War Two type 24 pillbox was recorded at having stood at the junction of Cliff Hill and Avondale Road, Gorleston, and having been destroyed in 1976. No sign of a type 24 pillbox was identified on the aerial photographs at this location during NMP assessment. Wartime camouflage or a digging in of the pillbox into the cliff could account for this. However no such structure is visible on later aerial photographs. However an elongated rectangular pillbox was recorded 65m to the northeast, which does appear to get removed in-between 1965 and 1978, see NHER 42468 for details. It seems likely that they are the same monument.
S. Massey (NMP), 27 January 2006.
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Record last edited
Oct 1 2012 4:19PM