NHER 36852 (Monument record) - World War Two coastal battery

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Summary

A World War Two coastal battery with searchlights, gun emplacements and a command post is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945 and 1946.

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Map sheet TF94NW
Civil Parish HOLKHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish WELLS NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1945 and 1946. RAF air photography.
World War Two coastal artillery battery, with gun emplacements, command post, searchlights and hutted camp.
See (S1) in file.
A. Miller (Suffolk CC NMP).
D. Gurney (NLA), 13 February 2002.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/374 Frames 4062-4 (NMR).
  • --- Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1430 Frames 3037-9 (NMR).
  • <S1> Map: NMP Plot.

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Feb 18 2025 10:56AM

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