Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32471 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two heavy machine gun emplacement |
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Summary
A World War Two heavy machine gun emplacement (type 2) constructed in 1940 within Weybourne Anti-Aircraft Training Camp (NHER 11335) is visible aerial photographs. During World War Two a variety of slit trenches and defences are constructed around this emplacement. These are described under NHER 38633.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0983 4381 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG04SE |
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| Parish: | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Rare heavy machine gun post (type 2). Date 1940.
Survey Number D2-21.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.
April 2004.
Still extant (but seen only in distance).
E. Rose (NLA), 13 April 2004.
Location of structure altered from TG 0984 4383 to TG 0983 4381.
May 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two heavy machine gun emplacement (type 2) constructed in 1940 within Weybourne Anti-Aircraft Training Camp (NHER 11335) is visible on aerial photographs (S1-3). The large L-shaped emplacement is centred on TG 0983 4381 and measures 7m by 6m at its southern end. The emplacement is to the immediate south of a large pillbox (NHER 32469). During World War Two a variety of slit trenches and defences are constructed around these two emplacements. These are described under NHER 38633.
(S1-3)
S. Massey (NMP), 21 May 2004.
Monument Types
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHF 31, KHE 23. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. RAF 268A/BR183 VB4-5 17-DEC-1940 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/330/1416 V65-6 16-JUL-1941 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1636 4414-5 09-JUL-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 0943A, TG 1043B). |
Related records
| 11335 | Part of: Weybourne Camp (Monument) |
| 38633 | Related to: Site of World War Two temporary defences (Monument) |
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