Record Details
| NHER Number: | 13627 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of World War One airfield |
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Summary
This is the possible site of a military airfield that was established in late 1916. Several possible buildings and military practice trenches in the vicinity that are visible on aerial photographs from 1942-45 have been recorded separately as NHER 52381.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 161 159 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG11NE |
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| Parish: | TAVERHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Late 1916. Airfield. Site unknown; 'probably north of village near the railway'.
Information from Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum (S1)
Informant told E. Rose (NAU) 27 April 1978 that though he did not know of a World War One airfield, there was one at this reference in the 1920s which was probably the same, as no other fields in the parish were large enough.
He claimed a hangar remained among the modern farm buildings, but the writer could not see it.
October 2009. Norfolk NMP.
An area of possible military structures, a possible Nissen hut type structure, and an area of disturbed ground which appears to relate to military practice trenches, are visible on aerial photographs (S2)- (S3), centred on TG 1604 1608. These have been recorded as NHER 52381 as they seem more likely to relate to World War Two activity.
E. Bales (NMP), October 2009.
Monument Types
- AIRFIELD (World War One - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Publication: Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. 1990. Airfields and Airstrips of Norfolk and Suffolk, Part Four. 4. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF FNO/35 6019 02-JUL-1942 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/445 (FP) 1015-6 26-JUN-1945 (NMR). |
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