NHER 15557 (Monument record) - World War Two defences
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF74NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRANCASTER, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1978 to 1979.
Quarter of a mile east of club house.
Pill box. Exposed by scouring of tide 1978 and 1979.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 December 1979.
22 April 1982.
Grid reference corrected by E. Rose (NAU).
This is more like an observation post but may be a gun position. Brick, open front with concrete hood. There seems to be a confusion with one of the other sites locally as this feature seems always to have been visible high in the sand dunes.
This is the righthand searchlight for battery NHER 31113. Demolished. Base remains photographed 1995. Had anti-invasion scaffolding in front.
See (S1).
D. Gurney (NLA) 14 March 1995.
April 2002. Norfolk NMP.
No structure visible at this location (TF 7778 4533) on aerial photographs from 1946 (S2), 1969 (S3), 1972 (S4) and 1988 (S5). Could this have been mistaken for the structure at TF 77562 45269?
Probably part of NHER 26772.
M. Brennand (NMP), 30 April 2002.
Associated Sources (9)
- --- SNF6462 Article in Serial: Iosson, E.. 1990. NW Norfolk Coastal defences.. NIAS Journal. Vol 4, no 5, p 194.
- --- SNF10079 Photograph: HAZ 32-35, HAZ.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <A1> SNF52927 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1571 3015 07-JUN-1946 (SMR TF 7745A).
- <S1> SNF57927 Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
- <A2> SNF52928 Aerial Photograph: Hunting Surveys Ltd. 1969. HSL UK 69949 0066 20-NOV-1969 (SMR TF 7744AA).
- <A3> SNF52929 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72005 100 22-MAR-1972.
- <A4> SNF52930 Vertical Aerial Photograph: BKS. 1988. BKS 8271 27-MAY-1988 (NCC 0766).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
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Record last edited
Jun 19 2017 11:25AM