Defence of Britain Database Anti-invasion record: S0002348

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Fortified windmill [wind pump] with brick blast wall added to doorway. Five loopholes on the ground floor. 3 loopholes on the first floor.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/09/20)
Old wind pump tower, fortified with embrasures cut at two levels - five on the lower floor and three above (no floor now in place). Brick blast wall at entrance. A very fine structure, and an important survival.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/07/29)
Pillbox at Ludham Bridge. Documentary source. Probably this site. Cassini ref. 83073499. Manned by 9 Bn Royal Berkshire Regt.
(Source: Document 1941/07/15)

Type of site	DEFENDED BUILDING
Location	Near E bank of River Ant, N of Ludham Bridge.
Area	Ludham, Norfolk, England
Grid reference	TG 3717 1723 (Scale: 1:50000 )
Period	WW2
Condition	Good
Materials	Clay Brick, Concrete
Recorder	Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group)
Defence grouping	Eastern Command: II Corps Demolition Belt FI - Built as demolition belt formed entirely by the River Bure from Great Yarmouth to Ingworth. By 13 July 1940 19 bridges had been prepared for demolition (14 road, 5 railway). No pillboxes were ordered but Acle, Coltishall, and Aylsham were defended as nodal points (see relevant groups). Ludham nodal point - Defences of Ludham category 'B' nodal point in No.4 region. Cassini ref. G82. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544].
Photographs	(5) - two internal, three external
Adjacent sites	Spigot mortar mounting at TG 372172
DOB site reference:	S0002348
Original Reference	7677
Reference	1999/11 Silent Sentinels: The story of Norfolk's fixed defences during the twentieth century 1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1995 Norfolks Fixed Defences in the Two World Wars 1941/07/15 9 Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Defence Scheme
Event	Field Visit, On 1996/09/20 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2002/07/29