NHER 50770 (Monument record) - Possible World War Two structure and other features

December 2007. Norfolk NMP.
The remains of possible World War Two structure and roadside defences may be visible on aerial photographs along Lime Kiln Road and the Fakenham Road at Sparham (S1-S3). The site is centred on TG 0627 1962. Similar features have been identified further along Lime Kiln Road to the west (NHER 50771).
In March 1946 (S1) all that remains to indicate the former position of the defensive structure is a uncultivated strip of land projecting out into an arable field with a circular area of compacted ground or possibly a concrete base at the end. It is seems likely that this marks the position of a military defence or similar structure, such as a gun emplacement or possibly a communications site associated with one of the nearby airfields. On the roadside verges in the area of the site are a series of small pits and ditches, elongated spreads of material or spoil and areas of disturbed or cleared ground. A number of these features focus around the intersection of the two roads. Although it is possible that all of the components described are the product of roadside maintenance the date of the photography and the presence of a possible military structure nearby may indicate that these are the remains of roadside defences or features relating to military training activities dating to World War Two.
S. Massey (NMP), 19 December 2007.

May 2008. Norfolk NMP.
A letter written to EDP newspaper (S3) refers to the verges of lanes near Bylaugh Hall (NHER 3006) having cases of ammunition stacked in them. It is possible that the features visible on aerial photographs are the remains of these ammunitions stores from earlier in the war. The letter also refers to a field near Elsing Mill containing a beacon to 'lure enemy craft'. Although this site is not especially close to Elsing Mill it is in the same general vicinity and it is therefore possible that the features visible on aerial photographs relate to the former beacon. The plan of the remains and its location within the field is vaguely reminiscent of other radio beacon sites mapped by the NMP in other parts of the county.
S. Massey (NMP), 06 May 2008.