Record Details

NHER Number:41143
Type of record:Monument
Name:Reputed site of World War Two bunker at Cliff Nook

Summary

This site was the supposed location of a gunnery control bunker from World War Two associated with the Cromer Coastal Battery, NHER 32566. An excavation in January 2005 found no evidence of any bunker on this site.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 22521 41984
Map Sheet:TG24SW
Parish:CROMER, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

January 2005. Trial Trench.
Evaluation of site of proposed new dwelling. Contexts 1-4.
Three trenches were excavated through a mound thought to represent a gunnery control bunker showed that it does not exist at this location.
Mound probably spoil created during construction of No. 17 in 1918.
See report (S1) for further details.
J. Allen (NLA), 6 April 2005.

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Contractor Report: Birks, C. 2005. Report on an Archaeological Excavation at Cliff Nook, Cromer, Norfolk. Chris Birks Archaeological Services. CB006R.

Related records

32566Part of: Cromer Coastal Battery (Monument)

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