Record Details

NHER Number:32491
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two gun emplacement

Summary

A very rare heavy machine gun emplacement dating to about 1940 was located here. It was intended to cover the airfield but its line of fire was soon blocked by the construction of a building. This brick structure is now heavily overgrown.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 1430 2759
Map Sheet:TG12NW
Parish:OULTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Very rare heavy machine gun emplacement, dating to about 1940. Covered airfield.
Survey No. F4-4.
Information from member of the public [1].
See record form in file.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.

Monument Types

  • GUN EMPLACEMENT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHC 34-36.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

Related records - none

Find out more...

Norfolk County Council logo Heritage Lottery Fund logo

Powered by HBSMR-web and the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd, and mojoPortal CMS
© 2007 - 2024 Norfolk Historic Environment Service