Record Details
| NHER Number: | 27023 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two tank trap |
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Summary
A pair of World War Two concrete anti-tank cubes are visible on 1946 aerial photographs.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8447 4431 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF84SW |
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| Parish: | BURNHAM OVERY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 2001. Norfolk NMP.
Two anti-tank cubes are visible on 1946 aerial photography (S1), as structures, at TF 8447 4431. They are located just to one side of an access road from a channel. These would have formed part of the area's World War Two defences, in particular defending against a sea-borne invasion.
A. Hunt (Suffolk CC NMP), 5 February 2001.
Monument Types
- TANK TRAP (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/1430 4097-4098 16-APR-1946. |
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