| HER Number (PRN): | 33855 |
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| Name: | Site of pillbox, RAF Atcham, Norton Farm |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
- PILLBOX (Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Summary
The site of a pillbox, demolished in 1975.
| Parish: | Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ50NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 5684 0989 |
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Related records
| 21415 | Part of: Site of RAF Atcham (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA8484 - 2015 Management survey of Second World War structures at RAF Atcham by Paul Francis and Paul Bellamy
Description
Immediately E of junction of B4394 with RR 61a. Hexagonal pillbox, together with [PRN 33854] were known locally as the ‘threepenny bits’. Demolished in 1975.<1><1a><2>
<01a> Milln Jeremy, 1998/ 1995, The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park, 50168*7 (Field survey report). SSA20940.
<01> National Trust, 2017, National Trust Heritage Records Online, https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA142273 (Webpage). SSA29599.
<02> English Heritage, 2003, Defence of Britain database, 1868 (Database file). SSA22327.
Sources
| [01a] | SSA20940 - Field survey report: Milln Jeremy. 1998/ 1995. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park. Nat Trust Rep. 50168*7. |
| [01] | SSA29599 - Webpage: National Trust. 2017. National Trust Heritage Records Online. https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/home. 15/09/17. https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA142273. |
| [02] | SSA22327 - Database file: English Heritage. 2003. Defence of Britain database. Defence of Britain. 1868. |
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 5 2018 12:59PM |
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