Monument record ELV 127 - Undated pit, possibly a Second World War emplacement or weapons pit

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Summary

An undated pit, possibly a Second World War emplacement or weapons pit, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs. Traces of an earthwork are also visible on imagery from a 2015 lidar survey, suggesting that it may still survive. It was dug into a broad bank defining the northern edge of a post medieval plantation within Elveden Warren (SHER ELV 039). There is no obvious sign of other Second World War activity in the immediate vicinity, but there is across the wider area, and the pit lies close to a road (the B1106) that leads from Brandon to Elveden village and the Second World War bomb storage area at Warren Wood (SHER ELV 106).

Location

Grid reference	Not recorded
Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	ELVEDEN, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

August 2018. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
An undated pit, possibly a Second World War emplacement or weapons pit, is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs (S1). Traces of an earthwork are also visible on imagery from a 2015 lidar survey (S2), suggesting that it may still survive. It was dug into a broad bank defining the northern edge of a post medieval plantation within Elveden Warren (SHER ELV 039). There is no obvious sign of other Second World War activity in the immediate vicinity, but there is across the wider area, and the pit lies close to a road (the B1106) that leads from Brandon to Elveden village and the Second World War bomb storage area at Warren Wood (SHER ELV 106).
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 8th August 2018.

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/59 V 5395-5396 05-FEB-1946 (HEA Original Print).
<S2> SSF55747 LIDAR Airborne Survey: LIDAR airborne survey. LIDAR Wangford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

Event - Interpretation: Map Sheets TL78NE/78SE/77NE/88NW/88SW/88SE/87NW/87NE, Mapping Block 2: 'Brecks from Above' Air Photo Mapping Project and Breckland NMP Project (ESF25814)

Record last edited

Oct 16 2019 6:32PM