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Gun emplacement - possibly for some medium to large anti tank gun, either a 2pdr or a 75mm field gun. No mounting survives to indicate use with 6pdr. Large open rear implies use with a wheeled artillery piece. Brick shuttered with concrete roof. 6045mm long sides x 5.8m long width. Walls 508mm thick.
(Source: Field Visit )
Large gun emplacement, with wide entrance to take field gun. Brick walls with thick concrete roof.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/08/20)
Type of site | GUN EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | Weybourne military camp (now land of Muckleburgh Museum), Kelling. |
Area |
Kelling, Norfolk, England |
Grid reference |
TG 09860 43373
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Kent, Peter (Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey) |
Defence grouping |
Norfolk coast defences - Coastal crust defences |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0001096 |
Associated Identifier | Norfolk SMR (ref: 32476) Defence Estate SMR (ref: NOWE07) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/09/07 |