NHER 13810 (Monument record) - World War Two gun emplacements

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Summary

Small ring ditches visible on air photographs were drainage ditches dug around gun emplacements during World War Two. The emplacements formed part of a World War Two searchlight battery (NHER 11883).

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG41NE
Civil Parish	HEMSBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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Full Description

Small ring ditches visible on air photograph south of main ring ditch (NHER 11883) are in fact drainage ditches around 1939 to 1945 gun positions according to Charles Green (NCM) 1955.

February 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The gun emplacements described above were part of a World War Two searchlight battery (NHER 11883) and have been more fully recorded as part of that site.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 6 February 2006.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF10476 Aerial Photograph: CUCAP 1954 OY1-3.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.