Record Details

NHER Number:26900
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two minefield

Summary

A section of a World War Two minefield is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945, and formed part of the coastal defences in the area.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7360 4399
Map Sheet:TF74SW
Parish:THORNHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

January 2001. NMP.
A 300m long section of minefield is visible as an earthwork between TF 7345 4399 and Tf 7375 4396 on 1945 APs (S1). It is situated just behind an earthwork bank (NHER 26901), on the fringes of the saltmarshes. The minefield is still just about discernible on 1952 APs (S2), although it is somewhat overgrown. The minefield would have been part of the World War Two coastal defences of the area.
A. Hunt (NMP), 25 January 2001.

Monument Types

  • MINEFIELD (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK 369 Frames 4188-4189 8-JUN-1945 (NMR).
<S2>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1952. RAF 58/844 Frames 5244-5245 21-MAR-1952 (NMR).

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