NHER 45047 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two outer defence for Ludham Airfield
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | POTTER HEIGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
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)-(S3), centred at TG 4038 2025. It was almost certainly one of the outer defences for Ludham Airfield (NHER 8456) that lay 370m to the southwest. An almost identical emplacement is visible 280m to the south (NHER 45058). By 1946 (S3) 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 (S4).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 25 September 2006.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF65462 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF FNO/35 6040-1 02-JUL-1942 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF65465 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC298 5017-8 20-APR-1944 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF65463 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 2060-1 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF65464 Vertical Aerial Photograph: ADAS. 1995. ADAS 630 195 26-MAY-1995 (BA).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
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Record last edited
Sep 6 2011 6:09PM