NHER 53459 (Monument record) - World War Two military training site
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CROXTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
February 1998. Walkover Survey.
Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey (Compartments 5066 and 5067).
No features likely to be associated with military activity identified.
See NHER 61155 and report (S3) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 November 2015.
March 2006. Walkover Survey.
Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey (Compartment 71550).
No features likely to be associated with military activity identified.
See NHER 61155 and report (S4) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 November 2015.
March 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The site of a World War Two military training area is visible on aerial photographs within plantation areas in Croxton (S1-S2). The site is centred on TL 8805 8802. The site consists of two main concentrations of weapons pits, short practice trenches and bomb craters within the western part of the site, plus another pair of bomb craters to the east.
S. Horlock (NMP), 12 March 2010.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.
- <S1> SNF73426 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC 276 5031-2 18-MAY-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF73440 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/59 5143-4 05-FEB-1946 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF81447 Unpublished Contractor Report: Pendleton, C. and Sommers, M. 1998. Rapid Earthwork Identification Survey. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. 98/25.
- <S4> SNF93745 Unpublished Contractor Report: Craven, J. 2006. Rapid Earthwork Survey for Forest Enterprise. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. 2006/40.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Nov 9 2015 12:53PM