Pillboxes, Titchwell, Norfolk, August, 2016

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My second installment of WWII defences from Norfolk. Three pillboxes from RSPB Titchwell on the Norfolk coast.

The area between Hunstanton and the Burnham's have a long history as bombing/target ranges that dates back from the First War to post World War II.

This the first of three structures I found. It looks like a variant of a type 23 pillbox. It is adjacent to the path leading to the big hide on the right as you walk towards the beach. Apparently it was connected with the Moving Target Range (MTR)/bombing range.

28950018813_a54ac76688_b.jpgimg7505 by HughieDW, on Flickr

29573438935_5d0919dd4c_b.jpgimg7504 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Further along to the beach we come to this submerged pillbox, may be a type 28/28A that has been adapted? Perhaps it was a shelter for winch gear that would have pulled the moving targets on the range.

29463679162_6089db6e88_b.jpgimg7510 by HughieDW, on Flickr

29463726462_4312f01357_b.jpgimg7509 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Remains of a shelter connected with Titchwell Target Range on the beach itself:

29573547855_da2ea2d10d_b.jpgimg7516 by HughieDW, on Flickr

29463585902_8b9ea40241_b.jpgimg7515 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Sadly I didn't manage to get to the remains of two Covenanter tanks on the beach apparently used for target practice nor the quadrant bombing tower.
 
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They look more like they have sunk in the mud, there is a lot of weight there and the footings would not have been that good
 
Fantastic report HughieD, I always enjoy reading your posts :)

I recently had a few days in the Great Yarmouth area. I saw a few pillboxes and a Spigot Mortar. This one was outside the caravan I was staying in:



 

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