Monument record WLN 081 - Second World War bomb craters, possible practice trench and gun emplacements

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Summary

Second World War bomb craters, possible practice trench and gun emplacements are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs on land to the south of Dunwich Forest, Westleton.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 4529 7133 (860m by 393m)
Map sheet	TM47SE
Civil Parish	WESTLETON, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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February 2015. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Beauty National Mapping Programme.
A line of Second World war bomb craters of varying size are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1-S5) on land to the south of Dunwich Forest, Westleton. At least two possible gun emplacements are also visible, along with a large possible practice trench, which is visible as an extant earthwork on photographs from 1958 (S6) and Lidar as recently as 2010 (S7).
E. Ford (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 5th February 2015.

Sources/Archives (7)

<S1> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/462 FS 2050-2051 30-JUN-1945 (EHA Original Print).
<S2> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/602 RP 3003-3004 04-AUG-1945 (EHA Original Print).
<S3> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/602 RP 3039-3040 04-AUG-1945 (EHA Original Print).
<S4> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/929 RP 3124-3126 16-OCT-1945 (EHA Original Print).
<S5> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/1636 RP 3020-3021 09-JUL-1946 (EHA Original Print).
<S6> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/58/2378 V 0125-0126 28-FEB-1958 (EHA Original Print).
<S7> SSF55747 LIDAR Airborne Survey: LIDAR airborne survey. LIDAR TM4571 Environment Agency 30-NOV-2010 (2m DTM Digital).

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Interpretation: TM47SE. Mapping Block 1: Walberswick to Aldeburgh. NMP National Mapping Programme Project for Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB (Ref: English Heritage Project No. 7085) (ESF22912)

Record last edited

Feb 26 2015 4:48PM