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One of a pair of beach-flanking emplacements, which are T-shaped, with the cross-bar of the 'T' being the embrasure. The stem is loopholed, and the base must have contained an entrance.
(Source: Article 1994)
Low concrete structure with earth piled on roof. It is completely open at one end (W). There are 2 embrasures on N side, stepped top and bottom as well as sides. E side not visible from path. A little larger than a normal Type 28a.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/09/08)
Type of site | GUN EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | On the coastline near Titchwell. |
Area |
Titchwell, Norfolk, England |
Grid reference |
TF 750 448
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1987)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Burden, Susannah |
Defence grouping |
Norfolk coast defences - Coastal crust defences |
Photographs |
![]() (1) - external view (DIGITISED) |
DOB site reference: | S0007214 |
Reference |
1994/06 Pillbox Typology Part 5: Gunhouses. |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/09/08 |