Record Details

NHER Number:32537
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two anti-tank block

Summary

A survey in 1996 noted that one large common anti-tank block, built in 1940, survived under a railway bridge in Bungalow Lane.

Images

  • Anti-Tank Block  © C. Kolonko
  • Anti-Tank Block  © C. Kolonko
  • Anti-Tank Block  © C. Kolonko
  • Anti-Tank Block and Bridge  © C. Kolonko
  • Metal Plate affixed to the Anti-Tank Block  © C. Kolonko

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2733 0858
Map Sheet:TG20NE
Parish:THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

One common, large anti-tank block under railway bridge in Bungalow Lane. [1]
Date 1940.
Survey No. M4-4.
See record form (S1) in file.
Compiled by D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

August 2005.
Still present.
E. Rose (NLA), 29 August 2005.

2008
The Anti-Tank Block is mentioned in the book '20th Century Defences in Britain: Norfolk' by M. Osborne and A. Graham Kerr.
Pictured and described on Page 58 (S2).
C. Kolonko (HES), 27 April 2012.

April 2012.
Photographic survey conducted by C. Kolonko (HES). Anti-Tank Block placed on the South side of the railway bridge on Bungalow Lane, Thorpe Saint Andrew. Located to restrict traffic movement under the bridge. The Anti-Tank Block was constructed using wooden shuttering.
Dimensions of the Anti-Tank Block: 127cm in height. 151cm in width. 206cm diagonally.
Also recorded a triangular metal plate that has been fitted to the North side of the Anti-Tank Block. This metal plate may have been used to mount a barrier, which would correspond with a hole in the railway bridge wall. May also have been used to mount a lamp.
Dimensions of the metal plate: Bottom: 21cm. Sides:13cm.
C. Kolonko (HES), 27 April 2012.

Monument Types

  • TANK TRAP (World War Two to 21st Century - 1940 AD to 2100 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
<S2>Publication: M. Osborne and Graham Kerr, G.. 2008. 20th Century Defences in Britain: Norfolk. p 58.

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