NHER 45048 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two outer defence for Ludham Airfield

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Summary

The site of a probable World War Two outer defence for Ludham airfield (NHER 8456) is visible on 1940s aerial photographs. It comprised a small structure surrounded by or sited on top of an earthwork mound, and was probably a gun emplacement. It was part of a ring of defences that surrounded the airfield; these included a second gun emplacement (NHER 45047) visible 280m to the north. No trace of the site is visible on more recent aerial photographs of the area.

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Map sheet TG41NW
Civil Parish POTTER HEIGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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September 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A probable World War Two gun emplacement is visible as a small structure on top of or surrounded by an earthwork mound on 1940s aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 4040 1996. It was almost certainly one of the outer defences for Ludham Airfield (NHER 8456) that lay 170m to the southwest. An almost identical emplacement is visible 280m to the north (NHER 45057). By 1946 (S2) both were visible as pits, their guns presumably removed. No trace of the site can be seen on more recent aerial photographs of the area (S3).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 25 September 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF FNO/35 6040-1 02-JUL-1942 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 2060-1 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: ADAS. 1995. ADAS 630 195 26-MAY-1995 (BA).

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Record last edited

Feb 22 2022 9:09AM

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