NHER 42230 (Monument record) - A World War Two gun emplacement, Bradwell.

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Summary

A World War Two gun emplacement is visible on aerial photographs from 1944 located alongside Church Lane, Bradwell.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG50SW
Civil Parish BRADWELL, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

December 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two gun emplacement is visible on aerial photographs located alongside Church Lane, Bradwell (S1). The site is centred on TG 5066 0390. In March 1944 a temporary gun emplacement site may be indicated from a circular structure visible on the aerial photographs. This has the appearance of a central structure surrounded by an area of either upcast material or sandbags. It is very light in appearance like concrete, but the shape seems too uneven for it to be an actual concrete gun base. The fact that it is no longer visible in July 1944 (S2) also suggests that it was a temporary construction and probably sandbags or earth.
S. Massey (NMP), 19 December 2005.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/694 3099-3100 26-MAR-1944 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 4043-4 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Dec 7 2010 12:23PM

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