NHER 54750 (Monument record) - World War Two searchlight battery site
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM09SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
May 2012. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two searchlight battery site comprising a diagnostic trefoil bank feature, along with related structures, is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S4) to the east of Burgh Common, Attleborough. It was presumably located to defend the nearby Old Buckenham airfield (NHER 9235).
The trefoil bank feature is centred on TM 0665 9451. Further structures are visible at the western entrance to the field. Another possible structure, which may be related to the searchlight battery, has also been mapped in the field to the north, at TM 0662 9457. It is possible that this structure may have been related to agricultural activity, however.
E. Bales (NMP), 29th May 2012.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF84013 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC189 5006 02-MAR-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF84014 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/101 6139-40 30-MAR-1946 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF84015 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/101 6175-6 30-MAR-1946 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF83833 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK 1634 5382-3 09-JUL-1946 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
May 9 2014 5:28PM