NHER 38979 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two defences or military training site
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG24SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SIDESTRAND, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 2004. Norfolk NMP.
An area of possible World War Two defences or military training site is visible on aerial photographs from 1940 to 1942 (S1-3), to the west of Sidestrand Hall. The site is centred on TG 2577 4018. These sit within an area of barbed wire obstruction (NHER 38510) and other small cliff top coastal defences (NHER 38972, 38978). A World War Two searchlight battery is also located 240m to the west (NHER 38967). In oblique aerial photographs from 1940 (S1-2) a possible area of World War Two structures is visible, although none of these could easily be distinguished on the photographs and were marked on the NMP mapping using an extent of area. These are no longer visible in 1941 (S4). In 1942 a small structure of unknown function is visible within the area of the earlier defences at TG 2576 4017 (S3).
S. Massey (NMP), 23 November 2004.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF54790 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. NMR TG 2540/8 (MSO 31020 26/BR14/12 4903) 19-SEP-1940.
- <S2> SNF54808 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. NMR TG 2539/1 (MSO 31020 26/BR14/12 4902) 19-SEP-1940.
- <S3> SNF54806 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF AC/59 54-5 19-JUN-1942 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF54838 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. NMR TG 2540/14 (MSO 31255 S378/H50 22) 07-AUG-1941.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
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Record last edited
Aug 1 2011 4:12PM