Record Details
| NHER Number: | 38615 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of World War Two coastal defences |
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Summary
An area of World War Two coastal defences is visible along the coast at Upper Sheringham on aerial photographs. The site consists of a group of slit trenches, pits, barbed wire defences and a possible structure or gun emplacement. These structures form part of an area of coastal defences and military training sites all along the Golf links at Sheringham (NHER 21297, 32511 and 38622).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1380 4348 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SW |
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| Parish: | UPPER SHERINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 2004, Norfolk NMP
An area of World War Two coastal defences is visible along the coast at Upper Sheringham on aerial photographs (S1-S2). The site consists of a group of slit trenches, pits, barbed wire defences and a possible structure or gun emplacement. These structures form part of an area of coastal defences and military training sites all along the Golf links at Sheringham (NHER 21297, NHER 32511 & NHER 38622).
The military structures at this location cannot clearly be seen on any of the available aerial photographs, therefore it is possible that not all features were recognised or mapped. However it is felt that the main components of the site were identified.
The site was placed at the intersection of three banked post medieval field boundaries and it appears that parts of these banks were incorporated into the earliest phases of the site. These boundaries then gradually get removed. Centred on TG 1381 4350 are a group of four zigzag plan slit trenches, these are all constructed between 1940 to 1941 (S1-S2). A roughly rectangular structure appears to have been constructed between two of these trenches at TG 1383 4350, measuring 5m by 4m. This structure cannot be seen in detail, although it is possible that it is of concrete construction and may be a gun emplacement or similar structure. A line of three pits or possible craters is also visible. By 1941 the site is almost completely enclosed by a barbed wire defence.
S. Massey (NMP) 28 April 2004.
May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Related material found during Inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 13) recorded under NHER 41577.
See assessment report (S3) for further details.
J. Allen (NLA), 13 April 2005.
Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- BEACH DEFENCE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- BOMB CRATER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY COASTAL DEFENCES (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY TRAINING SITE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- PIT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- PRACTICE TRENCH (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SLIT TRENCH (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- WEAPONS PIT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. RAF 268A/BR/183 11-12 17-DEC-1940 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/330/1416 53-4 16-JUL-1941 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045. |
Related records
| 21297 | Related to: Site of a World War Two emergency coastal battery and underground headquarters (Monument) |
| 32511 | Related to: Site of a World War Two pillbox (Monument) |
| 38622 | Related to: World War Two coastal defence and military training features (Monument) |
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