NHER 45241 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two military activity on East Ruston Allotment

March 2004. Norfolk NMP.
An area of World War Two training activity on East Ruston Allotment is visible on RAF aerial photographs (S1). A possible roadblock is recorded 500m to the east (NHER 38457) (S1).
Previously recorded as NHER 38516 [1].
J. Albone (NMP), 23 March 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 4 May 2016.

January 2007. Norfolk NMP.
A probable area of World War Two military activity is visible as the earthworks of pits and tracks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (S2), centred at TG 3457 2858. Most look freshly dug; those that appear less fresh may date to earlier in the war. Areas of heathland and common were frequently used for training activity, whether by the army or by organisations such as the Home Guard. A second area of disturbance is visible 325m to the south (NHER 49225).

The extent of the visible disturbance has been mapped. While the intensive and recent nature of the disturbance indicates military activity, it should be noted that at least some of the features could be small quarry pits or animal scrapes and burrows. The most military-looking features have been mapped individually at TG 3454 2852. They comprise a possible gun emplacement (the large embanked pit) and a possible slit trench. It is not clear from more recent aerial photographs, e.g. (S3), whether any features at the site still survive as earthworks.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 5 January 2006.