Record Details
| NHER Number: | 49486 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of possible World War Two emplacement |
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Summary
The parchmarks of a small circular feature are visible on aerial photographs to the southeast of the World War Two searchlight battery Troop headquarters. These may represent a possible World War Two spigot mortar or gun emplacement.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 39729 11380 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG31SE |
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| Parish: | UPTON WITH FISHLEY, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May 2007. Norfolk NMP.
The parchmarks of a small circular feature are visible on aerial photographs (S1) to the southeast of the World War Two searchlight battery Troop headquarters (NHER 14473). The site is centred on TG 3972 1138. It seems likely that this parchmark indicates the former position of defensive structure or emplacement that former part of the defences of the searchlight battery. A similar cropmark visible to the immediate south of the battery marks the position of one of the lights.
S. Massey (NMP), 30 May 2007.
Monument Types
- GUN EMPLACEMENT? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- STRUCTURE? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1990. OS/90224 074-6 31-JUL-1990 (NMR). |
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