NHER 19393 (Monument record) - World War Two gun emplacement

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Summary

The earthworks of a World War Two gun emplacement and internal structure are visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1946 and 1950.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG04SE
Civil Parish SALTHOUSE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

30 March 1983. NAU aerial photography.
Positive cropmarks. Ring ditch in bracken/undergrowth.
Is this really the same as NHER 6210, the latter being in the wrong place?
E. Rose (NAU), 2 August 1983.

March 1994.
This is not a ring ditch, it is a circular earthwork with entrance to the west, very probably a gun position connected with the decoy airfield (NHER 13566).
E. Rose (NLA), 10 March 1994.

See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
Ruins of quite rare 1940/45 gun position (uncertain).
Survey No. D2-73.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
The earthworks of a World War Two gun emplacement and internal structure, visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1946 (S1) and 1950 (S2). The emplacement consists of a circular embankment, approximately 8m in diameter, with a funnel entrance to the west, measuring 3.5m long by 4m wide. Clearly visible on the 1950 RAF aerial photographs (S2) within the centre of this enclosure is a rectangular structure at TG 0762 4243, measuring 4m by 2m. It is possible that this structure relates to the housing of the gun, although it does not appear to be a holdfast or tripod as would be expected. It may be that this rectangular structure is a command post for the gun emplacements on the heath. There are around twenty gun emplacements on the heath, not all of these can have been in contemporary use. Another possibility is that they were being constructed for army training purposes, perhaps in association with the Weybourne Camp to the east (NHER 11335).
S. Massey (NMP), 15 April 2003.

May 2003. Field observations.
NGR obtained by GPS and corrected from original TF 0761 4242.
Very well preserved WWII gun position, circular with well-defined bank. In burnt gorse. To the west, a slight bank opposite its entrance.
D. Gurney (NLA), 18 June 2003.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1983. TG 0742G,J-P.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 3166-7 07-JUN-1946 (NMR).
  • <S2> Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1950. RAF 541/440 4035-6 28-FEB-1950 (NMR).

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Record last edited

May 24 2017 9:44AM

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