NHER 57440 (Monument record) - World War Two gun emplacement/defence post

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Summary

Earthworks of a World War Two gun emplacement or defence post are visible on aerial photographs approximately 700m to the north of the emergency World War Two runway on Larling Heath (NHER 20241).

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL98NE
Civil Parish	ROUDHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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September 2012. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of a World War Two gun emplacement or defence post are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2) approximately 700m to the north of the emergency World War Two runway on Larling Heath (NHER 20241).
The site is centred on TL 9616 8937 and consists of an open ditch or pit approximately 2.5m in diameter, surrounded by a raised bank approximately 8.4m in total external diameter. The central pit would possibly have contained a concrete pin or gun emplacement, but this is not visible on the aerial photographs. The feature has been filled in by photographs taken in 1955 (S3).
E. Bales (NMP), 13 September 2012.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF85236 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/59 5088-9 05-FEB-1946 (NMR).
<S2> SNF85237 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 4366-7 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
<S3> SNF85256 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1955. RAF 82/1204 0089-90 02-JUN-1955 (NMR).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

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Record last edited

Dec 20 2012 10:10AM