Record Details
| NHER Number: | 62618 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Second World War huts and earthworks |
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Summary
An area of Second World War huts seen as structures on aerial photographs. The majority of the huts are dismantled by the 1950s with their platforms seen as earthworks in the recent (2015) Lidar visualisations. There are also vehicle tracks, possible defensive structures or ditches, and a possible slit or practice trench in close proximity to the huts.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 7956 9741 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79NE |
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| Parish: | DIDLINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2018. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
Assorted Second World War huts seen as structures on aerial photographs (S1-S2). The majority of the huts are dismantled by the 1950s (S2) with their platforms seen as earthworks on the recent (2015) Lidar visualisations (S3). There is a range of different sized huts situated under the trees in the south of the area. Vehicle tracks can be seen in the clearing in-between the areas of tree planting and also two possible defensive structures or ditches are visible under the woodland in the centre of the area. Finally in the south east of the area (Located at TL7979 9718) there is a possible slit or practice trench. The different types of huts suggests that they may have had different functions and most likely relate to the Second World War military activity at Didlington park (NHER 63067) and High Ash military camp to the east (NHER 34704).
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 14 November 2018.
Monument Types
- DITCH (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- FENCE? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- HUT (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- HUT PLATFORM (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- MILITARY BUILDING (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- MILITARY CAMP (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- NISSEN HUT? (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- PRACTICE TRENCH? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SLIT TRENCH? (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/106G/UK/1634 FP 1173-1174 09-JUL-1946 (HEA Original Print). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/82/1204 F22 0179-0180 02-JUN-1955 (HEA Original Print). |
| <S3> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Ickburgh Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUN-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). |
Related records
| 63067 | Part of: Second World War military activity at Didlington hall at High Ash training camp (Monument) |
| 34704 | Related to: Site of World War Two High Ash Training Camp (Monument) |
| 62617 | Related to: Two possible Second World War huts or structures and a hut platform (Monument) |