NHER 45434 (Monument record) - Tunnel associated with WWII defences
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG14SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SHERINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
June 2006. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of groundworks associated with the construction of a single residential dwelling. From Context 1.
The collapsed remains of a corrugated iron-sheeted tunnel were observed. This structure was probably associated with the area's World War Two defenses (the site is adjacent to an extant World War Two pillbox). Barbed wire and metal fence posts present across much of the site are also likely to have been part of these defences.
Although the examination of aerial photographs has previously identified extensive World War Two remains in this area (NHER 38279) no traces of the features mapped at this location were observed. The location of the tunnel suggests that it did not correspond with any of the mapped features.
See report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
D. Holburn (HES), 21 September 2011. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2016.
Associated Sources (2)
- <S1> SNF93981 Unpublished Contractor Report: Birks, C. 2006. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at Land adjacent to 7 Conway Road, Sheringham, Norfolk. Chris Birks Archaeological Services. CB057R.
- <S2> SNF81896 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 2007. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2006. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLV Pt II pp 261-273. p 270.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jan 27 2016 8:34AM