NHER 66482 (Monument record) - Site of sewage works associated with Downham Market airfield
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF60SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | RYSTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
A probable sewage treatment works is visible at this location on aerial photographs taken in 1946. This had almost certainly been constructed to serve the various accommodation areas and other satellite sites that lay to the south of Downham Market airfield (NHER 2455). It appears on an Ordnance Survey Six-inch map published in 1952 (S1), marked as 'Filter Bed (Downham Market UDC)'. At some point in the latter half of the 20th century it was entirely demolished, with the site reverting to arable land. Recent aerial imagery provides no evidence for surviving remains at this location.
See NHER 65670 for details of another sewage works associated with the World War Two airfield, which lay approximately 1.5km to the south-west, at TF 6203 0266.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 November 2022.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF53277 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1959. Ordnance Survey Map. Six inches to the mile. 1950's Revisions.. Norfolk LXIX.NW (Revised 1950, Published 1952).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Nov 21 2022 2:18AM