Record Details
| NHER Number: | 33311 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of World War Two searchlight battery |
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Summary
A searchlight battery associated with nearby Hardwick Airfield (NHER 21992) is visible on RAF aerial photographs dating from 1946. A spigot mortar emplacement may be all that remains of this site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 2199 9185 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM29SW |
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| Parish: | MORNINGTHORPE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
On west side of hedge where farm track passes through into field at approximately TM 2208 9185.
Circular concrete base. No sign of reinforcement but right size for a mortar spigot and difficult to think of any other reason for such a feature here.
E. Rose (NLA), 5 December 1997.
This spigot mortar emplacement may be all that remains of a searchlight battery and hut associated with Hardwick USAF Airfield (NHER 21992), which lies approximately 2.5km east-south-east.
Information from [1].
The remains of a searchlight battery are clearly visible in this area on RAF 1946 aerial photographs. Two huts are also visible on the southern field boundary.
A. Cattermole (HES), 2 November 2011.
Monument Types
- MILITARY BUILDING (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources - none
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