Record Details

NHER Number:26872
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of World War Two gun emplacement

Summary

A possible World War Two gun emplacement visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1944.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 66793 38799
Map Sheet:TF63NE
Parish:HEACHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

August 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Possible World War Two military site mapped from 1944 RAF aerial photographs (S1). An oval mound, between 6 to 9m across. It has a depression within its centre. It is possible that it is a World War Two gun emplacement or some such similar feature. Although it does not appear to be part of a larger military site, a similar feature is located at TF 6711 3926 (NHER 26875).
S. Massey (NMP), 21 August 2002

Monument Types

  • MOUND (Unknown date)
  • GUN EMPLACEMENT? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/67 3125-6 02-DEC-1944.

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