Record Details

NHER Number:40731
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two underground battle headquarters, Attlebridge airfield Site 1

Summary

A World War Two underground battle headquarters was recorded in 1994, and photographed in 2009.

Images

  • Attlebridge airfield battlefield headquarters cupola  © D. Gurney
  • Attlebridge airfield battlefield headquarters  © D. Gurney

Location

Grid Reference:TG 10595 14522
Map Sheet:TG11SW
Parish:WESTON LONGVILLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

2004. Attlebridge airfield survey.
World War Two underground battle headquarters, type 11008/41.
D. Gurney (NLA), August 2004.

2011. For possible access shafts see NHER 55270.
D. Gurney (HES), February 2011.

2012. See digital photos above and below ground (S1).
D. Gurney (HES), April 2012.

Monument Types

  • BATTLE HEADQUARTERS (11008/41) (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • BATTLE HEADQUARTERS (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished Document: Gurney, D. et al.. 2004. Attlebridge Airfield Survey Record Form.
---Illustration: 1944. Drawing 4861/44. no 173.
---Unpublished Document: 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
---Website: Simon Purcell. 2011. Battle Headquarters.
<S1>Photograph: Airfield Information Exchange. 2009. [unknown].

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3063Part of: Attlebridge World War Two Airfield (Monument)

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