Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12849 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two searchlight battery |
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Summary
The cropmarks of a World War Two searchlight battery are visible on 1976 oblique aerial photographs.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9618 4166 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF94SE |
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| Parish: | STIFFKEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Three small circular cropmarks and soilmarks together.
Possibly a searchlight station.
October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
The cropmarks of a searchlight battery are visible on NLA oblique aerial photographs (S1-S2). The site is centred on TF 9618 4166. The site is not visible on any of the available wartime aerial photography and therefore may have been dismantled quite early in the war or perhaps represented a temporary site. The site consists of three circular cropmarks linked by pathways. The largest, probably for the predictor is 7m in diameter. The southern two circles, for the searchlights are both 5m across. The east of these, centred on TF 9619 4166, is a rectangular enclosure, measuring 8.5m by 5m. This is linked by a path to the eastern searchlight. It is possible that this represents the location of a military structure, possibly used for equipment storage or shelter.
S. Massey (NMP), 9 October 2002.
Monument Types
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SITE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- MILITARY BUILDING (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: SMR TF 9641H-J, M-N. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.. 1976. NHER TF 9642B-C (NLA 25/AEL/11-2) 17-JUN-1976. |
| <S2> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.. 1976. NHER TF 9641N (NLA 26/AEP/20) 24-JUN-1976. |
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