Record Details
| NHER Number: | 50965 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two searchlight or gun emplacement |
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Summary
The site of a World War Two searchlight or gun emplacement is visible on aerial photographs to the east of Watlington Church. This site is located approximately 200m from a searchlight battery (NHER 35923) located to the south of School Road. This structure will have formed an outlier component of the main site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 61994 11197 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61SW |
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| Parish: | WATLINGTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March 2008. Norfolk NMP.
The site of a World War Two searchlight or gun emplacement is visible on aerial photographs to the east of Watlington Church (S1). This site is located approximately 200m from a searchlight battery (NHER 35923) located to the south of School Road. This structure will have formed an outlier component of the main site.
The site consists of a circular embankment, with a circular platform or compacted surface in the centre, on top of which is likely to have stood a gun or light emplacement. Two rectangular huts are located at the roadside entrance to the site.
S. Massey (NMP), 05 March 2008.
Monument Types
- GUN EMPLACEMENT? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- HUT (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- MILITARY BUILDING (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- NISSEN HUT? (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY? (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/1606 2332-4 27-JUN-1946 (NMR). |
Related records
| 35923 | Part of: World War Two pillbox and site of anti-aircraft or searchlight battery (Monument) |