NHER 35580 (Monument record) - World War Two weapons pits

1946. RAF air photography.

25 April 1968. OS air photography. Cross Ref: 6802.
Soilmarks. Partially levelled mound with dark cross in centre on RAF and OS photos.
D. Voisey (NLA), 24 January 1996.

15 August 1995. NLA air photography.
Faint cropmark visible.
H. Clare (NLA), 12 July 2001.

March 2004, Norfolk NMP
The proposed site of a post mill was assessed during the NMP mapping and it was decided that the aerial photograph evidence did not uphold this interpretation. The aforementioned dark cross in the centre of the mound does not appear definite enough to indicate a wind or post mill. The only features mapped during the NMP were a series of small pits, centred on TG 2544 4006, visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1940-6 (S1-3). These pits look quite fresh in 1940 (S1) and therefore are likely to be World War Two training features, weapons pits. The area around the windmill to the immediate west (NHER 38512) also has evidence of military pit and trench excavation. However it is also possible that they are relatively modern extraction pits. (S1)
S. Massey (NMP), 18 March 2004