Record Details

NHER Number:41447
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two beach defences

Summary

A fragment of concrete and three metal scaffold poles, probably once part of the beach defences constructed during World War Two, recorded during the Norfolk Rapid Coastal Survey in 2005.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 75627 44940
Map Sheet:TF74SE
Parish:TITCHWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 7), Context 568.
Found loose on the beach.
Three metal scaffold poles and one concrete fragment.
Probably debris from World War Two beach defence scaffolding.
See assessment report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 14 April 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.

Monument Types

  • BEACH DEFENCE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005.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.

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