NHER 38372 (Monument record) - Site of possible World War Two slit trenches and pits

November 2003. Norfolk NMP.
Earthworks of possible World War Two date pits and trenches visible on RAF aerial photographs from 1946 (S1). The features are located within an area of disused chalk pits, now encroached by woodland. The features, centred on TG 1007 4277, are visible as scars of exposed chalk, forming a series of linears, between 18-27m long and up to 5m wide, and a pit 5m across. It is possible that these just represent the remains of relatively recent chalk extraction, as the chalk pits are marked on the 2nd edition OS map (25 inch,1902-7) (S2) and therefore may have continued in use into the twentieth century. However these ditches were mapped as they may relate to the massive amounts of military trench digging and construction that occurred in this area during World War Two.
S. Massey (NMP), 18 November 2003.

(NHER 38372)
January 2007. Norfolk NMP.
Military records indicate that this quarry was the site of the buried Battle Headquarters of the 8th Battalion of Lincolnshire Regiment (UORN S0015988) (S3). This would indicate that the scarred and disturbed ground visible in 1946 is related either to activity at the site or to its removal post-war. It is also possible that the structures were hidden beneath the tree cover, which has encroached on the quarry, therefore obscuring the site on the aerial photographs.
S. Massey (NMP), 10 January 2007.