Record Details
| NHER Number: | 26671 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two military site |
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Summary
A World War Two military site, possibly a light anti aircraft gun emplacement, formed by three buildings and three circular earthworks, visible on RAF 1945 vertical images.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7563 4077 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF74SE |
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| Parish: | CHOSELEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Along the northern side of the site there are three rectangular buildings, aligned in parallel with the road (S1). To the south is a line of three rounded earthwork features. The westerly feature (TF 7560 4073) appears as a rounded mound with a diameter of 10m, and no visible internal features. The central feature (TF 7563 4074) appears as a rounded depression with a low, rounded bank around the south and eastern sides. The easterly feature (TF 7568 4075) appears as a circular depression, with a diameter of 5m, surrounded by a low circular bank. There appear to be well worn, straight pathways between the buildings and the three earthwork features.
This is likely to be a light anti aircraft gun emplacement associated with the protection of Docking airfield (NHER 13551). It is not a typical searchlight battery site, although there is a similar parallel to the east in Burnham Thorpe (NHER 33698).
M. Brennand (NMP), 28 August 2002.
Monument Types
- ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY BUILDING? (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 4355 08-JUN-1945 (NMR). |
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