Monument record BUT 074 - Site of Second World War direction finding radar site.

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Summary

A World War Two direction finding radar site is visible as extant structures (since removed) on aerial photographs on land to the south of Church Lane, Butley.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 3692 4972 (284m by 323m)
Map sheet	TM34NE
Civil Parish	BUTLEY, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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April 2015. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme.
A World War Two direction finding radar site is visible as extant structures (since removed) on aerial photographs (S1)-(S4) on land to the south of Church Lane, Butley. That to the northeast – a small circular or polygonal structure on what was probably a concrete base– is probably the High Frequency Direction Finding (HF/DF) station. It is similar in appearance to the structures recorded at another HF/DF site at Hemsby in Norfolk (NHER 27341), and this polygonal structure has been removed by 1962 (S5). A possible air raid shelter which may have served this site was also recorded nearby (SHER BUT 075). Several linear cropmarks are also visible in the vicinity (S3), some of which are thought to relate to tracks associated with the radar site or modern agricultural features, and have not been mapped. Other cropmarks which may relate to an earlier field system have been recorded separately (SHER BUT 076).
E. Ford (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 22nd April 2015.

Sources/Archives (5)

<S1> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/832 RS 4098-4099 23-SEP-1945 (EHA Original Print).
<S2> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/58/76 V 5038-5039 27-JUL-1948 (EHA Original Print).
<S3> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/58/1033 V 0017-0018 23-FEB-1953 (EHA Original Print).
<S4> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/58/1033 V 0017-0018 23-FEB-1953 (EHA Original Print).
<S5> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/543/1883 F21 0188-0189 27-SEP-1962 (EHA Original Print).

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Event - Interpretation: TM34NE. Mapping Block 2: Bromeswell to Rendlesham. NMP National Mapping Programme Project for Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB (Ref: English Heritage Project No. 7085) (ESF23196)

Record last edited

Jul 30 2015 1:35PM