NHER 32481 (Monument record) - World War Two anti-tank cubes

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Summary

Two World War Two anti-tank cubes blocking entrance to and from fields and Salthouse village are visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1946. The cubes were encountered during the Coastal Survey conducted by the NAU in 2004.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG04SE
Civil Parish SALTHOUSE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Two common anti-tank blocks lying on side to north of coast road.
Date 1940.
Survey Number D2-1.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D.Walker (NLA), July 1996.

October 2002. Norfolk NMP.
World War Two anti-tank cubes blocking the entrance to and from fields and Salthouse village on RAF aerial photographs from 1946 (S1). Two cubes are positioned at TG 0762 4388 and TG 0763 4388. The tank cubes can now be found within the field to the east.
S. Massey (NMP), 21 March 2003.

December 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Land-based survey; Cley, Salthouse and Kelling fresh-marshes, Context 23:
One of three groups of two concrete anti-tank blocks. The others are NHER 32464 and NHER 32479.
See assessment report (S2) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 6 December 2007. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1701 3042-3 27-AUG-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 0744A, TG 0844A).
  • <S2> Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045.

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Record last edited

Feb 17 2025 1:47PM

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