2016

TM3090 : Remains of a toilet block

taken 7 years ago, near to Earsham, Norfolk, England

Remains of a toilet block
Remains of a toilet block
One of two on the edge of the campsite.

During WW2, this location used to be the accommodation camp housing the soldiers stationed at the Earsham Forward Ammunition Depot, Station 545. Bombs were stored in a number of woods and also beside several of the roads in the area, including Hall Road, Denton Road, Pheasants Walk, Five Acre Lane, Long Gate Lane, Hogg Lane, Holland's Lane, Wood Lane and Banham's Lane. Earsham Hall was the headquarters and the camp was situated in the grounds, beside a wood known as The Wilderness. Bombs were brought there by railway > Link and then transported on lorries to airfields all over East Anglia. For more information read > Link

The camp area measured approximately 250 by 150 metres and comprised 40-odd buildings, including 22 Handcraft and 16 Nissen huts, latrines and ablution blocks. According to a document dated 31 March 1945, 14 officers and 468 men were accommodated there at the time. The purpose-built sewage works adjoined in the east. By the summer of 1973, most of the buildings had been demolished and today the site is occupied by a modern milking parlour and associated large sheds. (Picture taken by kind permission of the farmer.)

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Geographical Context: Defence, Military
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Wood Lane and Banham's Lane [19] · Remains [6] ·
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TM3090, 43 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 22 December, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 22 December, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 3058 9010 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:27.6080N 1:23.5582E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 3058 9009
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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