NHER 31113 (Structure) - World War Two coastal battery

1941 Coastal Battery, very rare, now damaged and at risk, but at one time the best preserved example in Norfolk.
See (S1).
D. Gurney (NLA) 24 February 1995.

January 2001. NMP.
An arrow shaped bombing range marker is visible as a structure at TF 7552 4522 in 1945 aerial photographs (S2). This feature is still visible in 1946 aerial photographs (S2), and another arrow shaped bombing range marker is also visible at TF 7749 4523. These features demonstrate the military activity in this area during World War Two and its aftermath. These features are found within the area of the coastal battery and may have been used in conjunction with it.
A. Hunt (NMP), 29 January 2001.

May to November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Survey.
Contexts 641 and 711.
Remains of Brancaster Second World War Coastal Battery. Comprised two brick and concrete buildings, both in situ and displaced on the face of sand dunes. The westernmost building [context 641] was recorded between TF 77360 45203 and TF 77366 45203, whilst the easternmost [context 711] was between TF 77431 45220 and TF 77445 45227.
Context 687.
Debris from Second World War coastal battery. A scatter of four sections of brick wall, one concrete slab and loose reinforcing rods were situated at the toe of the sand dunes between TF 77545 45272 and TF 77565 45278. Some elements were loose and some were partly buried in the sand.
See assessment report (S4) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 15 April 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.