NHER 49211 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two anti tank defences, North Walsham to Dilham canal

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Summary

The World War Two use of the North Walsham to Dilham canal (NHER 13534) and associated drains as an anti tank ditch is evident from the banks of material and lines of disturbed ground visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946. These were almost certainly left by the dredging of the canal in order to strengthen it as a defence. The site described here is just one of at least six sections of the canal where this is visible.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG32NW
Civil Parish DILHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Civil Parish STALHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

January 2007. Norfolk NMP.
Banks and linear bands of disturbed ground are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (S1)-(S2), between TG 3476 2566 and TG 3449 2513. These lie along the sides of the North Walsham to Dilham canal (NHER 13534) and a nearby drain. They are almost certainly related to the deepening of the canal for use as an anti tank ditch during World War Two, as noted in (S3). This is the southernmost of at least six sections where this is visible. There is no evidence on later aerial photographs that any traces still survive on the ground.
S. Tremlett (NMP) 3 January 2007.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 2089-90 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 3324B, TG 3424A).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 5087-8 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
  • <S3> Unpublished Document: ?. ?. Defence Notes, derived from 'Old Maps in County Hall' IN Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society military defence file.

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Record last edited

Mar 22 2019 8:41AM

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