Record Details
| NHER Number: | 38378 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two weapons pits and slit trenches |
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Summary
A large area of World War Two weapons pits and slit trenches, created as part of training activities on Kelling Heath, are visible on aerial photographs from 1946. The majority of these features consist of small sections of trench, large enough for one to three men to take cover in.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1013 4166 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SW |
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| Parish: | KELLING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March 2004, Norfolk NMP
A large area of World War Two weapons pits and slit trenches, centred on TG 1015 4165, created as part of training activities on Kelling Heath, are visible on aerial photographs from 1946 (S1). The majority of these features consist of small sections of trench, 1-3m long. These were either straight or L-shaped and generally large enough for up to three men to take cover within. These are usually isolated fieldworks, however as this is a training area well over one hundred of the defences have been dug within a small area. Many of these are in linear arrangements of up to ten pits or trenches. The whole of Kelling Heath is covered in clusters of these earthworks, however this area, measuring 530m by 300m, appears to form a coherent group, mainly consisting of linear groups of these pits.
S. Massey (NMP), 04 March 2004.
Monument Types
- PRACTICE TRENCH (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SLIT TRENCH (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- WEAPONS PIT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 4169-70 07-JUN-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 0940B, TG 1040A). |
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