NHER 54378 (Monument record) - World War Two searchlight battery

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Summary

The site of World War Two searchlight battery is visible on aerial photographs alongside the River Wensum at Transport Plantation, Costessey. The site consists of a central searchlight emplacement and associated structures and defences, including a gun emplacement and spigot mortar emplacement. In 1944 two clusters of huts are visible, but these have been removed by March 1945.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG11SE
Civil Parish	COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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July 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The site of World War Two searchlight battery is visible on aerial photographs alongside the River Wensum at Transport Plantation, Costessey (S1-S4). The site is centred on TG 1681 1227. The site consists of a central searchlight emplacement and associated structures and defences, including a gun emplacement and spigot mortar emplacement. In 1944 (S1) two clusters of huts are visible, but these have been removed by March 1945 (S2), with only some rectangular bases remaining by 1947 (S3).
S. Horlock (NMP), 21 July 2010.

Associated Sources (4)

<S1> SNF75769 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7GR/LOC351 3034-5 27-MAY-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF75770 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/LA/191 7081-2 22-MAR-1945 (NMR).
<S3> SNF75986 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/770 6032-3 06-SEP-1945 (NMR).
<S4> SNF75792 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2019 5082 18-APR-1947 (NMR).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

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Record last edited

Mar 15 2018 3:10PM