Monument record SUT 214 - Sutton Common
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 31814 47334 (1603m by 1007m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM34NW |
| Civil Parish | SUTTON, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Anti-glider ditches to the west and south of decoy airfield SUT 213, south of Woodbridge airfield SUT 197.
September 2015. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme.
The anti-glider ditches described above were visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs (S1)-(S10) over a much greater area than previously recorded. Some of these features are still visible as earthworks as recently as 2011 on Lidar imagery (S9).They are part of the same network of trenches as those recorded to the north and west (SHER SUT 105). A sewage works and compound, which may have been a possible World War Two strongpoint is visible in the centre of the area at TM 3161 4717 (S11). The entire area of Sutton Common was requisitioned as part of the ‘Woodbridge Training Area’ (SHER SUT 250), and was used for Tank training and live artillery fire as well as infantry training.
E. Ford (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 16th September 2015.
Sources/Archives (11)
- <S1> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. US/7PH/GP/LOC132 V 5030-5031 30-DEC-1943 (EHA Laser Copy).
- <S2> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/832 RS 4060-4061 23-SEP-1945 (EHA Original Print).
- <S3> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/58/113 V 5165-5166 30-AUG-1948 (EHA Original Print).
- <S4> SSF55746 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Oblique aerial photograph. CUCAP AFM 32-33 15-JUN-1962 (Original Print).
- <S5> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. CUCAP V-BP 041-042 01-JUN-1963 (Original Print).
- <S6> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. MAL/65094 V 132-133 03-NOV-1965 (EHA Original Print).
- <S7> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. CUCAP RC8EL 166-167 08-JUN-1982 (Original Print).
- <S8> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service Airmap96 32 104-105 25-OCT-1995 (Print).
- <S9> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. LIDAR TM3147 Environment Agency 2m DTM 25-JUL-2011.
- <S10> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. TM3147 Next Perspectives APGB Imagery Digital Infra Red 03-MAY-2013 (PGA).
- <S11> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/832 RS 4059-4060 23-SEP-1945 (EHA Original Print).
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Dec 3 2015 2:22PM