NHER 64592 (Monument record) - World War Two anti-tank blocks, west of Low Road

Common 1940 anti-tank blocks, unusually well preserved west of road.
Originally 54, but 5 near river now demolished. Situated in hedge between Nos. 63 and 61.
Survey No. M1-2.
Information from [1]. See (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

These anti-tank blocks formed part of an extensive, continuous ring of defences created around the western, northern and eastern outskirts of Norwich in around 1940 (NHER 51893). They were previously recorded under NHER 32490, which now just documents a series of anti-tank rails that continued the defensive line to the east of Low Road. The mapped location of these anti-tank blocks has also been corrected to reflect where they are actually visible on aerial photographs. Previously they were recorded as running in a line approximately 70m to the south-east, between TG 1979 1105 and TG 1992 1111 [2]. This was probably due to a misinterpretation of the very basic location sketch on (S1) which also appears to record incorrect house numbers.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 February 2021.