Framlingham Patrol

Both the OB and Observational Post sites are located near the southern edge of Parham Wood, a private mature woodland north-west of the village of Parham and south-east of Parham Green. The railway line (since dismantled) used to run past just south from here.

The OB was built immediately above a disused pit, not far from a farm track, in a location which affords a wide view over the adjoining fields and onto the railway line.

The structure was removed at some time after the war and the hole was filled in, although a pronounced depression remains in the ground. Sweeping the site with a metal detector showed no trace of metal still being in situ.

The size of the OB is approximately 3 x 5m and it is orientated, judging from the shape of the depression, possibly East / West.

The suspected OP was situated about 125 metres to the south-east, on the woodland edge, near where a farm track leads into the woodland. It was here that we found several flat corrugated sheets. The ground is traversed by a number of old gullies or drainage ditches, pits, and what might once have been small ponds.

Other physical remains in the area include: corrugated sheeting further to the south-east in a pit, at the woodland edge which is presumably the location of the OP. Many hand grenades were found and removed from the pit above which the OB was situated.