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28/11/2009, 7:31 PM MmmCustard Joined on 28/11/2009 Posts 1 Benacre gravel pits Does anyone know the date & origen of the gravel pits at Benacre ? I've lived in Kessingland & Lowestoft for 44 years & frequently played & walked there as a boy, watching them slowly wash away so only one now remains. When I was a boy in the 1970s there was 3 lakes. I've seen that on the c.1903 O.S. map they were not there & then by the 1953 map there were 4. I can only speculate that they may have begun as a source of building aggregate for world war two defences &/or the Kessingland sea wall. Do any of you know more, or even had relative or yourselves who worked on them or defended the area during the war? MmmCustard Pakefield    Report

07/01/2010, 7:11 PM John Cooper Joined on 28/08/2008 Kesgrave, Suffolk Posts 4 Re: Benacre gravel pits I have seen these 'pits/broads' eroding away and the cliffs over the past few years. I do not know the origins of the pits except that there are the brick and concrete foundations scattered near to the pits with a few concrete pill boxes still existing and a concrete road [maybe one used for tanks/transporters in WWII leading up to the River Hundred River sluice, with the ever advancing tides then may I suggest that in a few short years these pits and Benacre Broad may well disappear On my trips to the area I have taken several photos some of which can be found here http://suffolk.activeboard.com/index.spark?aBID=119775&p=3&topicID=15885584 http://Suffolk.activeboard.com/ http://community.webshots.com/user/hastingsgan http://RAFForum.activeboard.com/    Report

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