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Surviving Range Control and Quadrant Towers
18 Feb 2014 13:19 #7
by Peter Kirk
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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The only ones I have listed for Norfolk and Suffolk with QS remains are: Grimston Warren (those very tall concrete pillars), Rushford (I believe you have photographed that one) and Titchwell (Which I have photographed). I don't recall if you photographed the decoy bunker next to the quadrant shelter at Rushford and I also believes the concrete arrow remains to the east of the QS but covered in a thin layer of growth, obscuring it from the air. A LIDAR photo would show it if it is there but it is probably cheaper to go with a metal rod and map out the "thunks" via GPS 
Thunk = Technical term for the sound of metal rod hitting concrete (PS I just made that up but it might become common usage if I use it enough)
Thunk = Technical term for the sound of metal rod hitting concrete (PS I just made that up but it might become common usage if I use it enough)
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18 Feb 2014 15:30 #8
by kebecker
Ialways get confused with the name of this range, but its near Thetford so in the counties you want! I had access to this area during some survey work in the 90's Today it looks like there are some extensive pig farming going on so I suspect access permission may not be easy to get. Anyway the Quadrant tower was fairly intact then and looks as though it is still standing www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.397834&lon=0....&z=17.5&r=0&src="msl"
There were some other range gubbins which may also be extant, memory has got the better fo me in terms of the detail though
Replied by kebecker on topic Surviving Range Control and Quadrant Towers
The only ones I have listed for Norfolk and Suffolk with QS remains are: Grimston Warren (those very tall concrete pillars), Rushford (I believe you have photographed that one) and Titchwell (Which I have photographed). I don't recall if you photographed the decoy bunker next to the quadrant shelter at Rushford and I also believes the concrete arrow remains to the east of the QS but covered in a thin layer of growth, obscuring it from the air. A LIDAR photo would show it if it is there but it is probably cheaper to go with a metal rod and map out the "thunks" via GPS
Thunk = Technical term for the sound of metal rod hitting concrete (PS I just made that up but it might become common usage if I use it enough)
Ialways get confused with the name of this range, but its near Thetford so in the counties you want! I had access to this area during some survey work in the 90's Today it looks like there are some extensive pig farming going on so I suspect access permission may not be easy to get. Anyway the Quadrant tower was fairly intact then and looks as though it is still standing www.flashearth.com/?lat=52.397834&lon=0....&z=17.5&r=0&src="msl"
There were some other range gubbins which may also be extant, memory has got the better fo me in terms of the detail though
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18 Feb 2014 16:58 #9
by Peter Kirk
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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That range is Rushford and is often referred to, although never in official documents, as Snarehill after the WW1 aerodrome. Rushford was a well used and important range and was used by the 8th AF for a while. The attached extract from Flash Earth shows the QS (centre) and the two other features. I have outlined the arrow wider than reality so you can still see the vague outline on the grass. This could be either due to concrete removal and different soil infill or it is still there causing poorer growth.
PS the file name of the picture also refers to Canada's greatest export
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