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Type 26 pillbox, stands a little north of Type 24 pillbox [see UORN 1053]. Red brick shuttering .
(Source: Field Visit 1994/03)
Pillbox. Shown on map of post-war coastal defence survey.
(Source: Document 1950)
Rectangular pillbox (possible type 23), brick-shuttered, that has been converted (1993) into a bird watchers' observatory, with a wooden facade added on the E side and a trench and parapet dug (presumably for bird observation).
(Source: Field Visit 2002/06/27)
Rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1972)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23) |
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Location | Set back from the cliff edge, E of Weybourne Hope. |
Area |
Weybourne, Norfolk, England |
Grid reference |
TG 12650 43522
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1972)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Kent, Peter (Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey) |
Defence grouping |
Norfolk coast defences - Coastal crust defences |
Attached Sheets | Additional SRF by Geoff Farthing |
Photographs |
![]() (2) - external views. [2 general views of this pillbox and a type 24 pillbox next to it are attached to UORN 1053]. |
DOB site reference: | S0001054 |
Associated Identifier | Norfolk SMR (ref: 19440) |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1995 Norfolks Fixed Defences in the Two World Wars 1950 Survey of Coastal Defence Works (1947-1950) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In 1994/03 Field Visit, On 1996/05/26 Field Visit, On 2002/06/27 |