NHER 37076 (Monument record) - World War Two possible gun emplacement

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Summary

A possible gun emplacement from World War Two, visible as earthworks. This feature forms part of the wider military training area recorded as NHER 53456, which contains a further three possible gun emplacements, and many weapons pits, which are continued to the north (NHER 54513), but is considered to have been used for training purposes only.

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Map sheet TL98NW
Civil Parish BRETTENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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2000-2002. Woodland Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey.
Management Unit Z, Site 179:
World War Two searchlight battery/gun emplacement visible as earthworks.
See report (S1) for further details.
D. Gurney (NLA), 12 March 2002. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2015.

November 2010. Norfolk NMP.
The earthworks for housing gun emplacements are visible on aerial photographs and have been recorded as part of a wider military training area under NHER 53456. They are not thought to have been searchlight batteries, rather a training site for digging anti aircraft batteries. This military training area is likely to have continued to the north (NHER 54513).
E. Bales (NMP), 04 Nov 2010.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Cushion, B. 2002. STANTA ILMP Woodland Earthwork Rapid Identification Survey. Brian Cushion Archaeological & Cartographical Surveyor.

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Record last edited

Apr 25 2023 8:39AM

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