NHER 26772 (Monument record) - World War Two beach defence

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Summary

A section of sea defence scaffolding can be seen at this spot on aerial photographs of the area. This would have been for the defence of land to the east in the case of a seaborne invasion.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF74NE
Civil Parish	BRANCASTER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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January 2001. NMP.
A section of beach defence can be seen as a structure between TF 7728 4519 and TF 7807 4544 on 1945 (S1 and S2) and 1946 (S3) aerial photographs. Another section of scaffolding joins this at TF 7772 4532 and runs north to south to TF 7772 4477, where it meets a tributary channel of the main sea channel. This would have been for the defence of land to the east in the case of a seaborne invasion. Such defences date to the World War Two period.
A. Hunt (NMP), 29 January 2001.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF51116 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK 476 Frm 4017 6-JUN-1945 (NMR).
<S2> SNF51117 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK 369 Frm 4185 8-JUN-1945 (NMR).
<S3> SNF51115 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK 1571 Frm 3015 7-JUN-1946.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

BEACH DEFENCE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

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Brancaster (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 12 2017 2:39PM