Winterton Battery

Has been described as a Possible Artillery Fort

There are no visible remains

NameWinterton Battery
Alternative Names
Historic CountryNorfolk
Modern AuthorityNorfolk
1974 AuthorityNorfolk
Civil ParishWinterton On Sea

Following a survey of the coastal defences of the Norfolk of 1539, a small battery was built at Winterton to oppose beach landings. Its location is unknown. (PastScape ref. Kent, 1988)

Gatehouse Comments

Presumed to be near to the given grid reference.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTG496195
Latitude52.716178894043
Longitude1.69471001625061
Eastings649600
Northings319500
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Books

  • Kent, Peter, 1994, 'Armada and 17th-Century Defences' in Wade-Martins, P, (ed), An Historical Atlas of Norfolk (2edn Norwich; Norfolk Museums) p. 136-7
  • Kent, Peter, 1988, Fortifications of East Anglia (Lavenham: Ternence Dalton) p. 176

Journals

  • Cozens-Hardy, B., 1938, 'Norfolk Coastal defences in 1588' Norfolk Archaeology Vol. 26 p. 310-14