NHER 27518 (Monument record) - Probable modern breakwater or revetment
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG51SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAISTER ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
July 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A wooden structure, probably part of a sea defence breakwater or revetment, is visible on Caister on Sea beach on aerial photographs dating to 1940 and 1946 (S1 to S3). This structure was located at TG 5266 1254. It comprised five parallel rows of timbers, which are aligned approximately northeast, to southwest. The northern end of the timbers appear to have been buried in the beach (S1). The location of this structure corresponds to a possible revetment or breakwater at the base of the cliffs shown on the 1938 edition of the 6 inch Ordnance Survey map (S4). The difference in the distance between this structure and the cliffs on the 1940 and 1946 aerial photographs emphasises the high level of erosion on this section of coast, with approximately 60m having been lost.
J. Albone (NMP), 27 July 2005.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF56671 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. NMR TG 5212/2 (MSO 31014 2A/BR14/4 3582) 16-AUG-1940.
- <S2> SNF56827 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. RAF 2A/BR190 38-39 18-AUG-1940 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF56659 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 5037-5038 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 5212B-C).
- <S4> SNF56829 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1938. Ordnance Survey 6" 1938 edition Sheet LXVI.NE.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 5 2012 1:49PM