Record Details

NHER Number:41780
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Cold War rocket test facility, Airfield Farm

Summary

It is recorded that in the 1960s this site was an unfinished rocket test facility.

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Location

Grid Reference:TM 26503 90673
Map Sheet:TM29SE
Parish:TOPCROFT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1960s. Unfinished rocket test facility.
See (S1) (wrongly calls it Hardwick) - site marked from six figure grid reference.
E. Rose (NLA), 14 July 2005.

Monument Types

  • ROCKET TEST FACILITY (Mid 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1960 AD to 1969 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Publication: Cocroft, W.. 2000. Dangerous Energy. p 282; No 227.

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