Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32504 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of World War Two searchlight battery |
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Summary
The ruins of very rare CDL searchlight emplacement, now destroyed by cliff falls, used to defend the beach at Weybourne. A group of World War Two coastal defences were mapped near this location during the NMP from wartime photography under NHER 38625. This included the remains of this searchlight emplacement, several pillboxes and a possible underground structure. See record NHER 38625 for full details.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1115 4372 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SW |
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| Parish: | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Ruins of very rare CDL searchlight emplacement, used to defend beach. Date 1940.
Survey Number D2-32.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.
April 2004.
No trace found, destroyed by cliff falls.
E. Rose (NLA), 13 April 2004.
May 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A group of World War Two coastal defences were mapped near this location during the NMP from wartime photography under NHER 38625. This included this searchlight emplacement, several pillboxes and a possible underground structure. See record NHER 38625 for full details.
S. Massey (NMP), 10 May 2004.
Monument Types
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHE 8-9. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records
| 38625 | Related to: World War Two coastal defences (Monument) |
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