Record Details
| NHER Number: | 25540 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two decoy airfield at Methwold Severalls |
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Summary
A World War Two decoy airfield for Methwold or Feltwell. It may have been called 'Southery'. This 'Q site' was in use between 1941 to 1944. There are ruins of a bunker at the east end of the site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 667 953 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL69NE |
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| Parish: | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Decoy airfield for Methwold, Q site, 1941 to 1944. Ruins of bunker remain at east end.
Information from Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum.
E. Rose (NAU), 25 October 1989.
Decoy field for Feltwell. Called `Southery'?
D. Gurney (NLA), 28 January 1997.
Before 7 June 2007. Stray find.
Middle Bronze Age spearheads previously recorded under this number are now recorded under NHER 63314.
A. Beckham (HES), 9 April 2019.
Monument Types
- BOMBING DECOY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Serial: Dobinson, C.S.. 1996. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England Volume III: Bombing Decoys of WWII.. Vol III. p 92. |
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