Record Details
| NHER Number: | 63067 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War military activity at Didlington Hall and High Ash training camp |
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Summary
Area of Second World War military activity including huts, possible weapons emplacements, pillboxes, vehicle tracks and earthworks relating to the camps at Didlington Hall and High Ash. The majority of the features can be seen as structures and earthworks in the 1940s with certain elements such as hut platforms still visible as earthworks on lidar visualisations. This record is the parent record for the Second World War activity in this area, see child records for specific sites.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 7937 9687 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79NE |
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| Parish: | DIDLINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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| ICKBURGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January 2019. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
Area of Second World War military activity including huts, possible weapons emplacements, pillboxes, vehicle tracks and earthworks relating to the military camps at Didlington Hall and High Ash. The majority of the features can be seen as structures and earthworks in the 1940s with certain elements such as hut platforms still visible as earthworks on lidar visualisations from a recent (2015) survey (S1). This record is the parent record for the Second World War activity in this area, see child records for specific sites.
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 16 January 2019.
Monument Types
- DITCH? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- GUN EMPLACEMENT? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- HUT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY SITE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY TRAINING SITE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- NISSEN HUT? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- PILLBOX? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- STRUCTURE? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Ickburgh Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUN-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). |
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