NHER 53201 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two road block at Hellesdon Bridge
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG11SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two road block is visible as a group of structures on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 1987 1007. It was sited to control access across Hellesdon Bridge, which lies immediately to its west, and was one of numerous such defences to be erected around the outskirts of Norwich during the period; a contemporary railblock, NHER 53202, lies only 120m to its southeast.
In 1945 (S1) the road block consisted of four rows of what are presumed to be sockets in the surface of the road, into which anti-tank rails or pins could be placed. Two the east lay two rows of anti-tank cubes, of which only the marks left on the road surface are visible (these have all been mapped collectively using ‘Extent of Area’). Whether any element of the site still survives today is not known.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 30 November 2009.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF74726 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/770 6360-1 06-SEP-1945 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (8)
- ANTI TANK BLOCK (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ANTI TANK HAIRPIN (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ANTI TANK OBSTACLE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ANTI TANK VERTICAL RAIL (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- CUBE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ROADBLOCK (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ROADBLOCK (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- TANK TRAP (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 18 2010 1:06PM