First World War Pillbox, Bacton Wood

The First World War pillbox at Bacton Wood is a Grade II listed structure made of concrete block walls with a concrete roof slab supported by steel beams. It features a steel door and gun loop shutters.

This semi-circular pillbox has rounded corners and a single entrance leading into one internal space. It is located on the south side of Mill Road, next to a bridge over the tailrace to Bacton Wood mill, which creates a channel that bypasses the main course of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal on its eastern side. The pillbox is partially sunk below ground level, with its straight side facing away from the road.

The walls are roughly pointed and topped with blocks that have curved outer faces surrounding the roof slab. The roof is a single piece of cast concrete, featuring a hole in the center where a ventilation pipe fitting once was.

There are seven gun loops in total: three grouped together on the roadside facing northeast to cover the road to the east, two located on the rear side (southeast), and two flanking the low entrance door at the southern corner. The gun loops are made from single cast concrete blocks with splayed openings, while the doorway is formed from simple concrete lintels. The entrance contains an original steel door with a hasp and bolt attached to the outside.