NHER 20241 (Monument record) - World War Two runway

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Summary

An emergency runway half a mile long, cut through heathland on Larling Heath, parallel to the A11. It was in use from 1943 to 1945, and is visible on immediate post-war aerial photographs. It is reported to be visible as a slight depression on the heath today.

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Location

Map sheet	TL98NE
Civil Parish	ROUDHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Airstrip.
Emergency runway half a mile long on Larling Heath parallel to A11; in use 1943 to 1945.
Information from Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum.
See details in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 11 April 1984.

Visible on 1946 RAF air photograph reproduced as frontispiece to (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 7 April 1988.

September 2012. Norfolk NMP.
The site centre has been altered from TL 9625 8852 to TL 9630 8863 as a result of the NMP mapping.
The runway described above is visible as an overgrown concrete structure on aerial photographs (S2-S4). It is still visible as a soilmark as recently as 2005 (S5). Given its location, around 1km to the northwest of the former airfield and World War two depot at Roudham (NHER 12414), and around 2km to the west of Snetterton airfield, it was clearly in use during World War Two.
E. Bales (NMP), 13 September 2012.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF2895 Photograph: 1987. Norfolk from the Air.
<S2> SNF85236 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/59 5088-9 05-FEB-1946 (NMR).
<S3> SNF85237 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 4366-7 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
<S4> SNF85238 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1950. RAF 58/0475 122-3 05-MAY-1950 (NMR).
<S5> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. XX-XXX-2005 Accessed 02-OCT-2012.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

RUNWAY (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

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Roudham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Aug 14 2023 10:49AM