NHER 39195 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two coastal defences

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Summary

A group of World War Two coastal defences are visible as earthworks and areas of disturbance on aerial photographs taken in 1941. They comprise at least two probable gun emplacements and a cluster of pits, possibly weapons pits, located on the cliff top at Mundesley. There are further signs of activity on the cliff face below, stretching for approximately 125m to the west. The site lies close to a larger World War Two site (NHER 39193) to its north-west, which became dominated by the coastal battery (NHER 14142) built there between 1941 and 1943. Tracks between the two sites indicate that they were probably related but in 1941 they were separated by an area of pasture and possible allotments.

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Map sheet TG33NW
Civil Parish MUNDESLEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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January 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A group of World War Two coastal defences located on the cliff top at Mundesley are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1-2), centred at TG 3111 3697. The site comprises two probable gun emplacements (at TG 3110 3696 and TG 3113 3696), and a group of pits, probably weapons pits, at TG 3110 3698. There are signs of further military activity on the cliff below, from TG 3115 3696 to TG 3101 3708. The site is separated from a larger area of military activity to its north-west (NHER 39193) by a pasture field and a group of allotments or vegetable plots. Tracks across the field, however, indicate that the two sites were connected. Later aerial photographs and modern maps indicate that since 1946 much of the site has been lost to coastal erosion.
(S1-2)
S. Tremlett (NMP), 10 January 2005.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/330 38-9 16-JUL-1941 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF S/358 25-6 30-JUL-1941 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Aug 1 2011 3:40PM

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