NHER 33312 (Building record) - World War Two buildings on Hockham Heath

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Summary

These rectangular roofless breezeblock buildings have iron spikes along the tops of their walls. Each building has a single entrance. They are likely to date to World War Two but what they were used for is unclear.

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Location

Map sheet TL99SW
Civil Parish HOCKHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

In conifer plantation to northeast of junction of road and Peddars Way.
Rectangular roofless buildings of breezeblock; iron spikes arched over along tops of walls. Single entrances. Previously thought to have been simply sentry posts for the Battle Area, in fact these resemble military buildings like those on Bard Hill, Salthouse and could not have functioned after the trees were planted; and thus are likely to be of wartime origin.
E. Rose (NLA), 5 December 1997.

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Record last edited

Jul 24 2014 12:39PM

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