NHER 12417 (Monument record) - Probable World War One searchlight battery
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF70SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | OXBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Unusual dark circular cropmark with opposing entrances to east and west. Beyond to west roughly cruciform mark.
These may possibly be connected with the searchlight station operative here in 1918, perhaps connected with Gooderstone landing field. Air photographs checked. Photograph of searchlight in (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 13 April 1977.
October 2008. Correspondence.
Following a visit to the possible WWI searchlight site it was reported that nothing was visible on the surface. It is also suggested that the site does not date to WWI.
See (S2).
S. Howard (NLA), 13 January 2010.
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF10534 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP LF2, NAU TF 7403D.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 70 SW 35.
- --- SNF102657 Unpublished Contractor Report: Serrano, L. and Griffith, G. 2023. Didlington Water Main, Norfolk. Programme of Archaeological Mitigatory Work (POAMW): Informative Trenching. Cotswold Archaeology (Suffolk). SU0516_2.
- <S1> SNF4386 Photograph: April 1974. Norfolk Fair.
- <S2> SNF72785 Correspondence: Osborne, M.. 2008. Allan Williams Turrets in Norfolk.. 24 October 2008.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Apr 22 2024 1:11AM