NHER 50613 (Monument record) - A possible World War Two military structure

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Summary

A possible World War Two military structure may be visible on aerial photographs to the north of Breck Road, Weston Longville. This site is located on the periphery of the Attlebridge Airfield (NHER 3063) and may have been associated with an outlier defence or communications structure. The site is also located to the northwest of a World War One to Two military training area located on the former heath, now BlackBreck Plantation (NHER 50618) and may have been associated with this activity.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG11SW
Civil Parish WESTON LONGVILLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

September 2007. Norfolk NMP.
A possible World War Two military structure may be visible on aerial photographs to the north of Breck Road, Weston Longville (S1-S4). The site is centred on TG 1116 1399. This site is located on the periphery of the Attlebridge Airfield (NHER 3063) and may have been associated with an outlier defence or communications structure. The site is also located to the northwest of a World War One to Two military training area located on the former heath, now BlackBreck Plantation (NHER 50618) and may have been associated with this activity.

This possible World War Two site is suggested by an oval structure, measuring 7.5m by 5.5m, within an arable field with a narrow path leading towards it in 1945-6 (S1-S2). The structure was not present in 1942 (S3). The military origin of this structure is not certain and it is possible that it is agricultural in origin.
S. Massey (NMP), 12 September 2007.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/LA/191 7066-7 22-MAR-45 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1428 4029-30 16-APR-1946 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF/88/Q/D/ 7-9 24-MAR-42 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Feb 17 2012 4:04PM

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