NHER 38975 (Monument record) - Site of extensive World War Two defences

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Summary

World War Two military activity, in the form of pits, a slit trench and a possible gun emplacement, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. The site lies within the coastal strip between Sidestrand and Overstrand, a zone in which extensive defences were constructed during the war. It is not clear whether the features formed part of the defensive scheme or whether they were practice fieldworks.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG23NE
Civil Parish SIDESTRAND, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

November 2004. Norfolk NMP.
Pits, a slit trench and a possible gun emplacement are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 2585 3997. They all appear to be relatively fresh earthworks in 1942, suggesting that they were recently constructed, although the slit trench looks more overgrown that the other features. The possible emplacement is visible only as a slight bank and is rather dubious as an archaeological feature. A number of pits are visible in the same area on later aerial photographs (S2), but the earthworks appear too fresh to be World War Two features and consequently they have not been mapped.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 11 November 2004.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF AC-59 54-5 19-JUN-1942 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1952. RAF 540/690 5123-4 11-MAR-1952 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Mar 22 2021 9:25AM

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