Record Details
| NHER Number: | 36875 |
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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
Aerial photographs taken in the 1940s show a possible World War Two searchlight battery and associated buildings.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6311 2722 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62NW |
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| Parish: | NORTH WOOTTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1940 and 1944. RAF air photography.
A possible World War Two searchlight site is visible in 1940 at TF 6311 2722, just north of Estuary Farm, comprising two circular emplacements, a probable light anti-aircraft emplacements and huts.
Its subsequent history is not clear, but a pillbox is visible in the remains of one of the emplacements in 1944.
A. Miller (Suffolk County Council NMP), 30 June 2000.
Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Map: NMP Plot. |
| --- | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. TF 62271-3 (NMR). |
| --- | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA67 Frames 4154-5 (NMR). |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
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