NHER 61507 (Monument record) - Site of Second World War military training area

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Summary

An area of Second World War military training activity is visible as earthworks and disturbed ground on 1940s aerial photographs. It is contemporary with a larger, more intensively used area of military training immediately to the east (NHER 61500). Unlike the latter, the area recorded here has been ploughed and any earthworks levelled.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL89SW
Civil Parish	WEETING WITH BROOMHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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November 2016. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
An area of Second World War military training activity is visible as earthworks and disturbed ground on 1940s aerial photographs (S1-S2). It is contemporary with a larger, more intensively used area of military training immediately to the east (NHER 61500). Unlike the latter, the area recorded here has been ploughed and any earthworks levelled. The features have been mapped only by extent.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 18 November 2016.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF94127 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/UK/369 RP 3002-3004 08-JUN-1945 (HEA Original Print).
<S2> SNF94127 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/59 V 5112-5114 05-FEB-1946 (HEA Original Print).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

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Related NHER Records (1)

All Groups: NHER 61500 - Related to: Second World War emplacements, weapons pits and possible craters, formerly interpreted as Neolithic flint mine shafts (Monument)

Record last edited

May 26 2020 5:36PM