Monument record BNH 071 - Pillbox, Barnham Camp
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 8640 8003 (5m by 4m) |
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Map sheet | TL88SE |
Civil Parish | BARNHAM, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
At Barnham Camp, some 100m SW of A134 road on NW embankment of old railway, at the SE corner of Barnham Camp, SE of Thetford. Opposite an electricity sub-station. Type 22 pillbox of standard construction. Brick anti-ricochet walls. Entrance faces W. Within Barnham Camp [RAF - in current use], immediately by boundary fence. [Recorder had no access] (S1).
January 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The site of a surviving Second World War pillbox is visible on aerial photographs (S2). It formed part of a network of pillboxes and defences, see BNH 054 for details.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 9th January 2017.
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- None recorded
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Record last edited
Apr 28 2020 1:45AM