Continuing with my journey up north, I took some time to look at some of the pillboxes in the Nordelph area. This area seems to have been particularly heavily defended - Mike Osborne in his book '20th Century Defences in Britain - Norfolk' lists 12 shell proof Type 24's and four Type 28's still surviving between Denver Slice and Three Holes (along the Pophams Eau spur) amongst other surviving defence structures. I only had time to look at a few of these.
The following pictures show some of the Type 24's and a Home Guard store in Nordelph.
The following pictures show some of the Type 24's and a Home Guard store in Nordelph.
Above: A Shell Proof Type 24 - note a second Type 24 in the background in the second photo
Close as I could get to this Shell Proof Type 24
Another Shell Proof Type 24
A typical brick built Home Guard Store for explosives / inflammables etc
Final post in this thread will look at some of the pillboxes along Pophams Eau. Work continuing in the background on the website - never being content to finish off one subject once started, the first in a series of pages on Suffolk's part in OVERLORD soon to be posted!!
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