NHER 38878 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two pillbox

A World War Two pillbox is visible as a standing building on aerial photographs. The pillbox, which appears to have been hexagonal in plan and was probably a Type 22, was constructed by June 1942. It may have still been standing in April 1946 but was demolished later that year. It stood at a junction on the road between Sidestrand and Trimingham and clearly formed part of the World War Two coastal defences for this area. The fact that the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway (Northern Section) (NHER 13585) lay 20m to its south may also have been a significant factor in its siting.