Record Details

NHER Number:49211
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of World War Two anti tank defences, North Walsham to Dilham canal

Summary

The World War Two use of the North Walsham to Dilham canal (NHER 13534) and associated drains as an anti tank ditch is evident from the banks of material and lines of disturbed ground visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. These were almost certainly left by the dredging of the canal in order to strengthen it as a defence. The site described here is just one of at least six sections of the canal where this is visible.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 34515 25395
Map Sheet:TG32NW
Parish:DILHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
STALHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

January 2007. Norfolk NMP.
Banks and linear bands of disturbed ground are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (S1)-(S2), between TG 3476 2566 and TG 3449 2513. These lie along the sides of the North Walsham to Dilham canal (NHER 13534) and a nearby drain. They are almost certainly related to the deepening of the canal for use as an anti tank ditch during World War Two, as noted in (S3). This is the southernmost of at least six sections where this is visible. There is no evidence on later aerial photographs that any traces still survive on the ground.
S. Tremlett (NMP) 3 January 2007.

Monument Types

  • ANTI TANK DITCH (NATURAL IMPROVED) (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • ANTI TANK DITCH (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • TANK TRAP (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<S1>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 2089-90 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 3324B, TG 3424A).
<S2>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 5087-8 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
<S3>Unpublished Document: ?. ?. Defence Notes, derived from 'Old Maps in County Hall' IN Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society military defence file.

Related records

13534Part of: North Walsham and Dilham Canal (Monument)
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