Monument record LWT 256 - World War Two Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery

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Summary

The site of a former World War Two Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery is visible on aerial photographs. The site consists of the four embanked gun pits and command post, radar equipment and other more minor structures. Two type 22 pillboxes and a roadblock are also located on the edges of the site. See LWT 257 for the accommodation camp.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 5368 9450 (418m by 254m)
Map sheet	TM59SW
Civil Parish	LOWESTOFT, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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March 2014. Lothingland, Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Mapping Programme.
The site of a former World War Two Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). The site consists of the four embanked gun pits and command post, radar equipment and other more minor structures. Two type 22 pillboxes and a roadblock are also located on the edges of the site. See LWT 257 for the accommodation camp.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 20th March 2014.

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<S1> SSX55025 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/LA/21 RP 3052-3053 04-JUL-1944 (EHA).
<S2> SSX55025 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/106G/UK/761 RV 6188-6189 02-SEP-1945 (EHA).

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Parent of: World War Two military camp (Monument) (LWT 257)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Interpretation: TM59SW. Greater Lowestoft Study Area NMP National Mapping Programme Project for Lothingland, Greater Lowestoft and North Suffolk Coast and Heaths (Ref: English Heritage Project No. 6642) (ESX22034)

Record last edited

Feb 2 2022 2:43PM