Monument record BRD 273 - Second World War trenches

February 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The former earthworks of a series of Second World War slit trenches forming a linear defence system are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2). The main component of the site is a system of linear arrangements of short rectangular trenches or weapons pits dug across or along the edges of field boundaries. Each short trench is accompanied by a mound of upcast material (not mapped). They are similar in appearance to anti-glider trenches, although the positioning of these and others in the area (for example NHER 61475), would suggest training not defence.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 13th February 2017.