NHER 39051 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two pillbox

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Summary

A World War Two pillbox is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs. It appears to be hexagonal in plan and was probably a Type 22. It can be seen on aerial photographs taken in 1946, and may just be visible on photographs taken in 1943; it had been removed, along with many of the surrounding field boundaries, by 1967. It is one of several pillboxes to be mapped in the area, all of which form part of the network of defences around Mundesley which was heavily defended during World War Two.

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Map sheet TG33NW
Civil Parish PASTON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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December 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two pillbox, probably a Type 22, is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S1-2), centred at TG 3224 3522. The earliest consulted aerial photographs on which it is clearly visible date to 1946 (e.g. S1), but it may have been constructed by January 1943 (S3). It had been demolished by April 1967 (S4); the surrounding hedges were presumably grubbed up at the same time, a process that was perhaps linked to the construction of Bacton Gas Terminal to the south-east. The pillbox occupies a fairly typical location for such structures, hidden within the junction of two field boundaries (now gone). It may have been deliberately sited to overlook the tracks to its north and south.
(S1-4)
S. Tremlett (NMP), 7 December 2004.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 5110-2 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1965. MAL 65080 080-1 19-SEP-1965 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1943. RAF AC/161 5120-1 04-JAN-1943 (NMR).
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1967. OS/67053 0001-2 24-APR-1967 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Jul 2 2013 5:31PM

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