Record Details

NHER Number:27023
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two tank trap

Summary

A pair of World War Two concrete anti-tank cubes are visible on 1946 aerial photographs.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 8448 4431
Map Sheet:TF84SW
Parish:BURNHAM OVERY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

February 2001. Norfolk NMP.
Two anti-tank cubes are visible on 1946 aerial photography (S1), as structures, at TF 8447 4431. They are located just to one side of an access road from a channel. These would have formed part of the area's World War Two defences, in particular defending against a sea-borne invasion.
A. Hunt (Suffolk CC NMP), 5 February 2001.

Monument Types

  • TANK TRAP (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1430 Frames 4097-4098 16-APR-1946.

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