NHER 54525 (Monument record) - World War Two military accommodation and training site

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Summary

A World War Two training camp is visible on aerial photographs on land to the west of Croxton Road, Thetford. The site includes several nissen huts for military accommodation, and at least one slit or practice trench. It may be related to the training site NHER 54509, situated approximately 900m to the north, and could be the army camp recorded as NHER 24572, 375m to the north.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL88SE
Civil Parish	THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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December 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two training camp is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S5), on land to the west of Croxton Road, Thetford. The site includes several nissen huts for military accommodation centred on TL 8721 8412, and at least one slit or practice trench, at TL 8702 8406.
It may be related to the training site NHER 54509, situated approximately 900m to the north, and could be the location of the army camp recorded as NHER 24572.
The site remains in use as a Territorial army centre (S5) until the modern day.
E. Bales (NMP), 13 Dec 2010.

Associated Sources (5)

<S1> SNF78156 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/LA/227 1118-9 17-APR-1945 (NMR).
<S2> SNF79292 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/UK/59 5203-4 05-FEB-1946 (NHER TL 8683A-B).
<S3> SNF79293 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1950. RAF 541/512 3206-7 10-MAY-1950 (NMR).
<S4> SNF79294 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1959. RAF 58/2688 0232-3 25-JAN-1959 (NMR).
<S5> SNF79295 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1971. OS/71369 319-20 21-JUL-1971 (NMR).