NHER 32835 (Monument record) - Possible World War Two underground structure
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOKE HOLY CROSS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
World War Two 'Buried Reserve' is said to still exist here, with a large well preserved underground complex, around 50ft x 50ft (15m x 15m) in area and 20 to 30ft (6m to 9m) deep. Iron stairways extant, and on two levels.
Site unvisited.
Owned by a Trust, contactable via source.
Compiled by D. Gurney (NLA), 1 May 1997.
The central grid reference for this site has been altered from TG 2550 0278 to TG 2551 0277.
November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
The site of a World War Two 'Buried Reserve', an underground receiver block, attached to the adjacent Chain Home radar station receiver site (NHER 32538) 180m to the west, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). The site is centred on TG 2551 0277. There is only a limited amount of information that can be provided by the aerial photographs for this underground structure. A square arrangement of four cubes, each 2m across, is located towards the western part of the site. The function of these is not clear, they may feasibly be similar to the square concrete observational cupolas that project out from underground battle headquarters. A number of other small square and circular concrete features are apparent, but it is not clear if these relate to the underground structure or above ground activity at the site. A narrow mast or marker is visible on top of a conical mound, 4m across, on the eastern side of the site.
S. Horlock (NMP), 04 November 2009.
November 2025. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
Earthworks associated with the World War Two Transmitter Buried Reserve (see above) are visible on visualised lidar data from a survey flown in 2021 (S3).As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, the earthworks likely still survive.
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 05 November 2025
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF73257 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1429 4154-5 16-APR-1946 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF73406 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1949. RAF 541/390 4021-2 10-NOV-1949 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF101413 LIDAR Airborne Survey: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LIDAR Data. National LIDAR Programme TM20SE DTM 1m 16-DEC-2021.
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Record last edited
Nov 5 2025 9:12AM