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Anti-tank ditch. Plotted from German AP.
(Source: Air Photograph 1940/10)
Anti-tank ditch plotted from aerial photograph. The ditch was largely filled in by 1952, but the section by the current car park at Weybourne Hope was still open - this remaining section was infilled by 1953.
(Source: Air Photograph 1940/12/17)
Aerial photograph clearly shows revetting of ditch, and point where ditch cuts the cliff end as it reaches the sea.
(Source: Air Photograph 1940/08/16)
Setting out and supervision of anti-tank ditch, 31.7.40. Cassini refs. 572618 - 566615 - 562614.
(Source: Document 1940/07)
Anti-tank ditch. Cassini grid reference, 572618 (TG 110436). Categorised 'C'. [The ditch further south and west is plotted from German aerial photograph].
(Source: Document 1949)
| Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH |
|---|---|
| Location | E of Beach Lane, Weybourne, running S then W. |
| Area |
Weybourne, Norfolk, England |
| Grid reference |
TG 0984 4334
TG 1098 4348 TG 0939 4348 TG 1021 4317 TG 1113 4368 |
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Infilled |
| Materials | Earthwork |
| Recorder | [Unknown] ([Unknown]) |
| Defence grouping |
Norfolk coast defences - Coastal crust defences |
| Photographs |
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| DOB site reference: | S0015934 |
| Reference |
1940/10/23 Taktisches Luftbildbuch Nr.3 1949 Weybourne 1940/12/17 268A/BR183/6699 1946/03/26 3G/TUD/UK84 Pt.1 (fr. 5003) 1940/08/16 TG1143/12 (fr 3725) 1940/07/11 Works Progress Report - No. 2 Section |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940/07 1940/10 |
