Monument record FEX 108 - World War II anti-aircraft ditches.

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Summary

World War II anti-aircraft ditches, Felixstowe

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 31985 37459 (435m by 398m)
Map sheet TM33NW
Civil Parish FELIXSTOWE, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

World War II anti-aircraft ditches are visible from 1944 onwards on Felixstowe Marshes. They consist of shallow ditches with piles of upcast at either side and were meant to prevent aircraft from landing on flat open areas of countryside such as the marshes. Although there is no photography earlier than 1944 available the ditches may have been constructed as early as 1940, as similar ditches further south (FEX 109) are visible on photographs taken in1940. (S1) (S2)
By 1965 only a few faint soilmarks remain. (S3)
See FEX 104, FEX 105, FEX 106, FEX 107 and FEX 109 for other anti-aircraft ditches on Felixstowe Marshes.

Felixstowe Marshes, Old Felixstowe, Felixstowe. Large complex of trench and mound anti-troop carrying aircraft obstacles dug in low lying marshland to the N, E, and S of Holmhill Farm. Infilled by 1951 (S4).

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> Photograph: RAF. Air Photograph. RAF 106G/LA/27 3019 05-AUG-1944.
  • <S2> Photograph: RAF. Air Photograph. RAF 106G/UK/929 4395 16-OCT-1945.
  • <S3> Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Ltd. Meridian - Air Photograph. MAL/65097 003 06-NOV-1965.
  • <S4> Digital archive: Defence of Britain Project archive. UORN: S0006082.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 17 2013 4:46PM

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