NHER 32471 (Monument record) - World War Two heavy machine gun emplacement
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG04SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Rare heavy machine gun post (type 2). Date 1940.
Survey Number D2-21.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.
April 2004.
Still extant (but seen only in distance).
E. Rose (NLA), 13 April 2004.
Location of structure altered from TG 0984 4383 to TG 0983 4381.
May 2004. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two heavy machine gun emplacement (type 2) constructed in 1940 within Weybourne Anti-Aircraft Training Camp (NHER 11335) is visible on aerial photographs (S1-3). The large L-shaped emplacement is centred on TG 0983 4381 and measures 7m by 6m at its southern end. The emplacement is to the immediate south of a large pillbox (NHER 32469). During World War Two a variety of slit trenches and defences are constructed around these two emplacements. These are described under NHER 38633.
(S1-3)
S. Massey (NMP), 21 May 2004.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF51792 Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHF 31, KHE 23.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF53269 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. RAF 268A/BR183 VB4-5 17-DEC-1940 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF53268 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/330/1416 V65-6 16-JUL-1941 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF53273 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1636 4414-5 09-JUL-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 0943A, TG 1043B).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Nov 25 2014 5:14PM