Monument record STN 155 - Site of 20th-century look-out tower at High Lodge
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
| Civil Parish | SANTON DOWNHAM, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
November 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A look-out tower is marked on a 1940s Ordnance Survey map (S1), and is visible as an extant structure on 1940s aerial photographs (such as S2). It has since been removed, and the site partially covered by a road, although a rather rectilinear, straight-sided earthwork visible at this location on imagery from a recent lidar survey (S3) could represent surviving remnants. It was probably one of the towers erected by the Forestry Commission in the 1940s as a fire prevention measure (S4).
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 2nd November 2017.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSX55043 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map, revised 1938, published 1945.
- <S2> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/1557 RS 4005-4006 07-JUN-1946 (HEA Original Print).
- <S3> SSF55747 LIDAR Airborne Survey: LIDAR airborne survey. LIDAR Wangford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
- <S4> SSF57919 Bibliographic reference: Skipper, K. and Williamson, T.. 1997. Thetford Forest. Making a Landscape, 1922-1997. p68-69, fig. 31.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Jan 12 2018 1:51PM