NHER 42469 (Monument record) - A World War Two pillbox on the Lower Esplanade at Gorleston-on-Sea

January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two type 22 pillbox is visible on aerial photographs on the Lower Esplanade at Gorleston-on-Sea (S1). This pillbox, along with the light anti-aircraft gun battery to the south, NHER 42347, and the multiple pillboxes and gun emplacements to the north, such as NHER 42330, 42338 and 42467, would have protected the beach and coastal approach to Gorleston-on-Sea. The cliff tops and seafront were also protected by a variety of temporary defences such as barbed wire and smaller gun emplacements, see NHER 42350 for details. The structure is centred on TG 5297 0308 and is 3.5m across and hexagonal. The structure appears to have been constructed by February 1941 (S1), although the whole structure cannot be seen clearly, possibly indicating that it has been camouflaged in some way. This pillbox has been removed by 1952 (S3).
S. Massey (NMP), 27 January 2006.