NHER 43307 (Monument record) - Possible site of World War Two military activity at 127 to 131 Gordon Road, Southtown

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Summary

An area of possible military activity is visible as disturbed ground and perhaps also structures on aerial photographs. The site is not clear enough on the consulted aerial photographs for its function to be discerned, but its location in a residential area and its rather haphazard layout suggest that it could be a small training site. At the same time, the disturbance could instead represent civilian rather than military activity. The site has been built over in the post-war period and no trace of the postulated military features is visible on recent aerial photographs of the area.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG50NW
Civil Parish GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A possible military site, perhaps representing training activity, is visible as disturbed ground and possibly structures on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3), centred at TG 5215 0667. Its extent has been mapped by the NMP. Possible pits and structures are visible, but none are particularly clear and their exact nature is difficult to discern. They could instead represent civilian activity, perhaps associated with the use of the land, which appears to have been an undeveloped building plot, as a park or similar amenity. No trace of the World War Two activity evident at the site has been recognised on more recent aerial photographs of the area.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 8 March 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/686 3206-7 02-MAR-1944 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/698 4063-4 08-APR-1944 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 3028-9 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Dec 8 2010 11:23AM

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