Record Details

NHER Number:32379
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two tank trap

Summary

Two anti tank blocks survive on one side of the road, and three anti tank rails on the other. They date to 1940 and were part of the anti-invasion defences built at the time.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 6026 1995
Map Sheet:TF61NW
Parish:CLENCHWARTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Two anti tank blocks on south side of road east of drain and three anti tank rails on north side; hairpin variety. Dated 1940.
Survey No. B3-1.
Information from [1] and (S1).. See record form in file.
D.Walker (NLA) July 1996.

April 2004.
Still extant south of road, north side not seen.
E. Rose (NLA), 13 April 2004.

Monument Types

  • TANK TRAP (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Document: 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.

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