Record Details
NHER Number: | 32535 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | World War Two anti-tank blocks |
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Summary
In 1993 it was noted that one common 1940 anti-tank block survived in this area on either side of the Yarmouth railway line.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 2787 0842 |
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Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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Parish: | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
One common 1940 anti-tank block on either side of Yarmouth railway line. [1]
Survey No. M4-8.
See record form (S1) in file.
Comp. D.Walker (NLA) July 1996.
March 2009. Norfolk NMP.
Two anti-tank cubes were visible, one either side of the Norwich to Yarmouth railway line, at TG 2787 0842 on aerial photographs from 1945-1964 (S2)-(S4). They made up an additional line of defence to the anti-tank ditch recorded as NHER 51893.
E. Bales (NMP), March 2009.
Monument Types
- ANTI TANK BLOCK (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- TANK TRAP (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
<S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
<S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/789 6245-6 10-SEP-1945 (NMR). |
<S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2063 6258-9 14-MAY-1947 (NMR). |
<S4> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1964. RAF 58/6402 (F21) 0020-21 06-JUL-1964 (NMR). |
Related records
51893 | Related to: Site of World War Two defensive anti tank ditch around city of Norwich (Monument) |
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