Second World War Pillbox, West of Barnard’s Farm (EHER 20185)

Type FW3/24 Second World War pillbox facing NE. In 2008 this pillbox still survives just 5 yards from the boundary fence on the E side of the A130 by-pass.

Aerial photographs from 1960 onwards show an hexagonal pillbox standing at a field junction 200 yards to the W of Barnard’s Farm. Although the pillbox has not been visited, from the nearby public footpath it can be seen to be a brick and concrete, thin-walled, Type FW3/24 facing NE. <1> <2> January 2008: This pillbox still survives just 5 yards from the boundary fence on the E side of the A130 by-pass. Since 1999, steel plating has been fixed across the entrance, clearly at the time of the by-pass construction. There is a lay-by immediately alongside the pillbox and, although in thick brambles, it can be seen from here. Two photos of site. <3> Information from NRHE Type 22 pillbox. LOCATION: W of Barnards Farm <4> <5> Note: Many pillboxes in this area were incorrectly classified in the initial database <4>. The position of this pillbox and its type have since been corrected on the database <4>.