NHER 62099 (Monument record) - Possible Second World War site and trenches

February 2017. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
The site of probable Second World War structures and an area of slit trenches are visible on aerial photographs (S1-S2) around Field Barn. Possible military structures may be visible within the corner of the field in February 1946 (S1) and removed by July 1946 (S2). However it is possible that they are agricultural structures or very regularly shaped hay bales. It has been noted that the two probable barrows (NHER 32249 and 33704) in this area could actually relate to former Second World War structures. See also NHER 61570 for possible military activity.
The fields surrounding the site have a system of linear arrangements of short rectangular trenches or weapons pits dug along the edges or across the edges of agricultural strips or field boundaries. Each short trench is accompanied by a mound of upcast material (not mapped). These have the appearance of anti-glider trenches, but their positioning suggests that they were not dug for this defensive reason and are mostly likely associated with training.
S. Horlock (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 24 February 2017.