NHER 32513 (Monument record) - World War Two pillbox

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Summary

The overgrown ruins of a World War Two type 26v pillbox (blown up after the war) situated in a field boundary to the south of an area of coastal defences at Weybourne (NHER 38577 to 9, 32505). A second pillbox is located in the same field boundary to the immediate north (NHER 32514). This structure is now in quite a ruinous state, although it can be viewed on aerial photographs taken prior it being blown up.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG14SW
Civil Parish	WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Ruins of quite common type 26v pill box, date 1940. Blown up and very overgrown.
Survey Number D2-48.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.

April 2004, Norfolk NMP. Central grid reference amended from TG1240 4326 to TG 1238 4322.
A World War Two type 26v pillbox situated in a field boundary at TG 1238 4322, to the south of an area of coastal defences at Weybourne (NHER 38577-9, 32505). A second pillbox is located in the same field boundary to the immediate north (NHER 32514). This structure is now in quite a ruinous state, although it can be viewed on aerial photographs prior it being blown up (S1).
(S1).
S. Massey (NMP) 1 April 2004.

December 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Land-based survey; Area A26, Context 36:
This pillbox was encountered during the survey.
See assessment report (S2) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 6 December 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF53490 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 3173-5 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 1142B, TG 1342A).
<S2> SNF55835 Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 12 2025 7:59AM