Site of post-medieval farm, 'Smallports', Foulness Island (EHER 82592)

Now destroyed. The site of a post-medieval farm known from map evidence. It may have been destroyed during the Second World War or in the post-war period when Foulness Island was used by the Armaments Research Department.

NRHE data transfer: Three buildings are visible on 1946 aerial photographs in an area identified on a map of 1840 as the site of the settlement or farm of Smallports. They are located on the western side of Foulness Island in an area owned by the government and used during World War II by the Armament Research Department and subsequently by the Atomics Weapons Research Establishment (EHER 46720). It is possible that these buildings relate to World War II activity on Foulness Island, either associated with post-war ballistics testing, or with the Diver site located to the north-east (TQ 99 SE 26). The largest of the three buildings appears to have a pitched roof, suggesting it could be a nineteenth century farm building but this is not very clear on the available photographs. The other two buildings have curved roofs and are therefore almost certainly related to military activity. The buildings measure 8m by 4m, 3m by 2m and 6m by 3m and are located at TQ 9713 9133. <1> <2>