NHER 26713 (Monument record) - World War Two beach defence scaffolding
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF74SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRANCASTER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | THORNHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | TITCHWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
26 January 2001. NMP.
A section of beach defence scaffolding can be seen running along the Titchwell parish coast for a distance of about 1.5km on 1945 aerial photographs (S1 and S2). It begins in Thornham parish and there is a section, almost 500m long, running to south here, adjoining the west end of the main section. The defence continues into Brancaster parish.
The lengths of scaffolding along the beach were a major component of the World War Two coastal defences in this area.
A. Hunt (NMP) 26 January 2001.
See NHER 18076 for a record of possible remains of this scaffolding.
M. Horlock (NLA), 21 October 2003.
May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
See NHER 41570 and assessment report (S3) for details of material found during the inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 7).
J. Allen (NLA), 13 April 2005.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF51106 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK 476 Frms 4104-4106 6-JUN-1945 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF51107 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK 369 Frms 4185-4187 8-JUN-1945 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF55835 Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005.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.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
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Record last edited
Jun 19 2017 11:28AM