Suffolk’s Defended Shore - Coastal
Fortifications from the Air by Cain Hegarty and Sarah
Newsome
Published by English Heritage, 2007
Paperback, 108pp, numerous colour and monochrome
illustrations.
ISBN 978 873592 98 4 Product code 51173
This book illustrates the history and development of military
defences on the Suffolk coast using data collected during an
English Heritage funded survey of the Suffolk
Coast carried out as part
of
English Heritage's National
Mapping Programme (NMP) by
Suffolk's Archaeological Service . This
involved the examination of both modern and historic aerial
photographs in order to create a map of archaeological remains on
the county’s coast. The results of the survey were dominated by
evidence for the military defence of the coast, reflecting the
importance of the Suffolk coast in national defence strategies over
many years.
The book highlights the particular importance of
historic aerial photographs which provide a different, and often
unique, perspective on the coastal defences constructed in World
War II. Photographs taken during and immediately after this war
sometimes provide the only visual record of the rapidly evolving
defences from this period.
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A typical World War 2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Artillery battery at
Lound with accommodation huts and gun-laying radar
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The remains of the Lound battery in
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Using modern and historic aerial photographs, and interpretive
illustrations based on the survey data, the book provides an
overview of Suffolk’s military coastal defences and demonstrates
the value of aerial photographs as a resource for studying these
types of remains.
Price £14.99
Available from bookshops or from Suffolk County Council
Archaeological Service:
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
9-10 Churchyard
Shire Hall
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1RX.
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