Record Details
| NHER Number: | 41447 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two beach defences |
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Summary
A fragment of concrete and three metal scaffold poles, probably once part of the beach defences constructed during World War Two, recorded during the Norfolk Rapid Coastal Survey in 2005.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 75627 44940 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF74SE |
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| Parish: | TITCHWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 7), Context 568.
Found loose on the beach.
Three metal scaffold poles and one concrete fragment.
Probably debris from World War Two beach defence scaffolding.
See assessment report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 14 April 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.
Monument Types
- BEACH DEFENCE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045. |
Related records - none
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