NHER 12518 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two searchlight and anti-aircraft gun emplacement

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Summary

The site of a searchlight and anti-aircraft gun emplacement, in use between 1939 and 1945. The buildings have now gone, but their foundations can still sometimes be seen as cropmarks.

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Map sheet TF60SE
Civil Parish WEST DEREHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Site of searchlight and anti-aircraft gun emplacement 1939 to 45.
Foundations and cropmarks still appear according to the farmer.
Seen by E. Rose (NAU), 18 May 1977.
Survey J3-6.

March 1946.
RAF air photograph shows searchlight battery structures still in existence, three adjacent circular enclosures with three more individual ones to east.
Position altered.
B.Cushion (NLA), 8 January 1998.

May 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The cropmarks of the searchlight battery are visible on the 2006 Google Earth aerial photograph layer (S1).
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 01 May 2026

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 02-JUL-2006 Accessed 01-MAY-2026.

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Record last edited

May 1 2026 4:57PM

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