Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32460 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two gun battery |
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Summary
A World War Two gun battery is located within the western extent of Weybourne Anti-Aircraft Training Camp (NHER 11335) and is visible on aerial photographs. The group consists of a command post and three 5.25-inch gun emplacements, one of which was constructed in the post World War Two phase of the camp. A national plan was devised in 1944 to construct 5.25-inch batteries across Britain, although the Weybourne guns may have been installed as late as 1946, though there are no available aerial photographs of the camp between 1941 and June 1946, so it is possible that the guns were constructed earlier. However on the 1946 aerial photographs there are obvious signs of relatively recent construction and activity around the site. The gun pits are still intact but filled with rubble. The command post now houses the Environmental Centre operated by the University of East Anglia.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0975 4380 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG04SE |
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| Parish: | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Extremely rare (one of few in England) 5.25 inch battery, consisting of three emplacements, each a deep pit now filled with rubble.
Survey Number D2-20.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
Central grid reference altered from TG 0969 4382 to TG 0975 4381.
May 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two gun battery is located within the western extent of Weybourne Anti-Aircraft Training Camp (NHER 11335) and is visible on aerial photographs (S1-2). The site is centred on TG 0975 4381. The group consists of a command post building and three 5.25-inch gun emplacements, one of which was constructed in the post World War Two phase of the camp, potentially post 1953. A national plan was devised in 1944 to construct 5.25-inch batteries across Britain, although the Weybourne guns may have been installed as late as 1946, although there are no available aerial photographs of the camp in between 1941 and June 1946, so it is possible that the guns were constructed earlier. However on the 1946 aerial photographs there are obvious signs of relatively recent construction and activity around the site.
The command post building is centred on TG 0982 4387 and measures 17m by 6m. This building now houses the Environmental Centre operated by the University of East Anglia.
The eastern emplacement is centred on TG 0977 4381. A circular encasement, 12m in diameter, surrounds the gun and a 5.5m long magazine is located to the immediate southeast. The central emplacement is centred on TG 0972 4381 and the post war gun is located at TG 0968 4382. A loop of access trackway runs to the south, which continues to the south towards the airstrip.
(S1-2)
S. Massey (NMP), 17 May 2004.
Monument Types
- BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- COMMAND POST (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (World War Two to 21st Century - 1939 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1636 4414-5 09-JUL-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 0943A, TG 1043B). |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1953. RAF 540/1007 0027 03-FEB-1953 (Norfolk SMR TG 1043F). |
Related records
| 11335 | Part of: Weybourne Camp (Monument) |
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