NHER 13662 (Monument record) - Extant Second World War anti-tank traps

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Summary

Second World War anti-tank blocks can be seen as extant structures on aerial photographs (S1-S3). Six anti-tank blocks are visible as extant structures on the 1940s aerial photographs. Four of the blocks are still visible as extant structures on recent (2020) aerial photographs. Two of the blocks to the west of the road are presumably covered by vegetation.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG22SW
Civil Parish BRAMPTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Remains of a tank trap on Oxnead Bridge; 3 concrete blocks, one with iron attachment.
Seen E. Rose (NAU) 10 May 1978.

See (S1), which adds:
Anti-tank blocks and trap about 1940.
Quite rare.
Situated on either side of road on west side of bridge.
Survey No. G4-1.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.

March 2004.
Still extant.
E. Rose (NLA), 9 March 2004.

January 2022. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
Second World War anti-tank blocks (see above) can be seen as extant structures on aerial photographs (S2-S3). Six anti-tank blocks are visible as extant structures on the 1940s aerial photographs (S2). Four of the blocks are still visible as extant structures on recent (2020) aerial photographs (S3). Two of the blocks to the west of the road are presumably covered by vegetation. The anti-tank blocks are in close proximity to a Second World War Type 22 pillbox (NHER 13661) approximately 45 meters to the South.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 20 January 2022.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Document: 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. RAF/106G/UK/1636 RS 4296-4297 09-JUL-1946.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 07-AUG-2020 Accessed 20-JAN-2022.

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Record last edited

May 22 2024 5:01PM

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