NHER 45233 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two anti tank defences along the North Walsham to Dilham canal
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG32NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DILHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | HONING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
| Civil Parish | WORSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
January 2007. Norfolk NMP.
Banks and linear bands of disturbed ground (the latter have been mapped by extent) are visible as earthworks on 1940s’ aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), between TG 3159 2742 and TG 3277 2725. These lie along the banks of the North Walsham to Dilham canal (NHER 13534). They are almost certainly related to the deepening of the canal for use as an anti tank ditch during World War Two, as noted in (S3). The site is one of at least six sections where this is visible. A U-shaped mound or bank visible at the western end of the site, close to Briggate Bridge, could mark the site of a gun emplacement, but its position on low-lying ground may suggest this is unlikely. There is no evidence on later aerial photographs that any traces still survive on the ground.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 3 January 2007.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF66362 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7GR/LOC348 2179 27-MAY-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF66363 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1636 4371-3 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF54590 Unpublished Document: ?. ?. Defence Notes, derived from 'Old Maps in County Hall' IN Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society military defence file.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (6)
- Geographical: NHER 13534 - Part of: North Walsham and Dilham Canal (Monument)
- All Groups: NHER 45232 - Related to: Site of World War Two anti tank defences along the North Walsham to Dilham canal (Monument)
- All Groups: NHER 49212 - Related to: Site of World War Two anti tank defences along the North Walsham to Dilham canal (Monument)
- All Groups: NHER 49213 - Related to: Site of World War Two anti tank defences along the North Walsham to Dilham canal (Monument)
- All Groups: NHER 49211 - Related to: Site of World War Two anti tank defences, North Walsham to Dilham canal (Monument)
- All Groups: NHER 38818 - Related to: Site of World War Two anti-tank barrier (Monument)
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Record last edited
May 25 2018 9:29AM