Record Details
| NHER Number: | 27808 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of World War Two barbed wire defences |
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Summary
World War Two barbed wire defences along Kelling beach are visible on 1946 RAF aerial photographs.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 09402 44026 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG04SE |
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| Parish: | KELLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
Several lines and zigzags of barbed wire are visible on Kelling Hard beach, positioned in-between a break in the earthwork bank to the north (NHER 27805) and in front of the scaffolding to the south (NHER 27807). There are roughly three lines of barbed wire, the longest run bring from TG 0932 44044 to TG 0952 4399. These were part of the World War Two defence of the coast.
S. Massey (NMP), 20 March 2003.
Monument Types
- BEACH DEFENCE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1701 3041-2 27-AUG-1946 (NMR). |
Related records
| 38625 | Related to: World War Two coastal defences (Monument) |
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