NHER 24939 (Monument record) - World War Two gun emplacements at Hunstanton Coastal Battery

November 1988. 'At north end of Cliff Parade by the shelter nearest to the chapel ruins'.
Information from Anglian Water Authority staff. Correctly located by J. Wymer (NAU).
Gun emplacement with bunkers roofed in concrete and brick tunnels. Buried in cliff. Stated to have been used only twice about 1940. Discovered in digging sewer and left in position.
See (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 November 1988.

This was connected to the coastal battery (NHER 26938) and NHER 23514; see that file for further information.

Source [1] states that machine guns and explosives were found in the tunnel to the coastguard tower (NHER 23514) when it was rediscovered.
E. Rose (NLA), 29 June 2001.

June 2001. Norfolk NMP.
The World War Two gun emplacements, defences and structures relating to the Hunstanton Coastal Battery have been mapped during the NMP project under the number NHER 26938. See that record for details.
S. Massey (NMP), 26 June 2001.

May to November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Survey. Inter-tidal survey.
See NHER 41423 for concrete found at the base of the cliffs - it may have come from this site.
D. Robertson (NLA), 18 April 2006.