Record Details

NHER Number:62605
Type of record:Monument
Name:Possible undated building or hut

Summary

A possible building or hut is seen as a structure in 1940s aerial photographs. The structure is no longer visible on recent imagery and has most likely been demolished. The possible structure is situated under the tree canopy and may extend further than mapped. This feature may relate to the possible spigot mortar (NHER 62604) in close proximity to the southwest, the Second World War activity at Didlington hall (NHER 63067) or the Didlington Park landscape (NHER 40234).

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 7736 9636
Map Sheet:TL79NE
Parish:DIDLINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

November 2018. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A possible building or hut is seen as a structure in the 1940s aerial photographs (S1). The structure is no longer visible on recent imagery and has most likely been demolished. The possible structure is situated under the tree canopy and may extend further than mapped. This feature may relate to the possible spigot mortar (NHER 62604) in close proximity to the southwest, the Second World War activity at Didlington hall (NHER 63067) or the Didlington Park landscape (NHER 40234).
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 13 November 2018.

Monument Types

  • BUILDING? (Unknown date)
  • HUT? (Unknown date)
  • BUILDING? (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD? to 2100 AD?)
  • HUT? (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD? to 2100 AD?)
  • BUILDING? (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
  • HUT? (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/101 RV 6098-6099 30-MAR-1946 (HEA Original Print).

Related records

40234Part of: Didlington Park (Monument)
63067Part of: Second World War military activity at Didlington hall at High Ash training camp (Monument)
62604Related to: Undated mound - Possible Spigot Mortar (Monument)
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