Record Details
NHER Number: | 32537 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | World War Two anti-tank block |
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Summary
A survey in 1996 noted that one large common anti-tank block, built in 1940, survived under a railway bridge in Bungalow Lane.
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Location
Grid Reference: | TG 2733 0858 |
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Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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Parish: | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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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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