Monument record DUN 044 - World War II military strong point, on which was later built a WWII military camp and possible site of diver battery H3

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Summary

World War II military strong point, on which was later built a WWII military camp and possible site of diver battery H3.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 47528 71102 (237m by 385m)
Map sheet TM47SE
Civil Parish DUNWICH, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

A military strongpoint can be seen on aerial photographs from 1941 (S1), c 500m north-west of Dunwich. This feature consistes of a stretch of barbed wire partially encircling a possible pillbox and a possible covered trench - possibly an early air raid shelter. By June 1945 (S2), this site has been destoryed by the construction of a military camp on top of it. The camp consists of a number of Nissen-type huts, trackways, small weapons pits, gun emplacements and a stretch of slit trench. The camp can still be seen, in the same form as it was in 1945, on aerial photographs from 1946 (S3).
Possibly also the site of a Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery in the Diver Strip at north-east of The Granary. It was armed with four 3.7-inch Mark IIc guns equipped with Predictor BTL, and Radar AA No.3 Mark V when it was deployed here on 24th November 1944, and was manned by 400 Battery of 122 Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment. It formed part of 40 Heavy Anti Aircraft Brigade deployment (S4).

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <S1> Photograph: RAF. Air Photograph. 2A/BR165 FrmsA39-A40 18-Nov-1941.
  • <S2> Photograph: RAF. Air Photograph. 106G/UK476 Frms3074-3075 6-Jun-1945.
  • <S3> Photograph: RAF. Air Photograph. 106G/UK1707 Frms4290-4291 29-Aug-1946.
  • <S4> Index: English Heritage. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1478616.

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Record last edited

Sep 21 2013 10:52AM

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