NHER 39062 (Monument record) - World War Two bomb craters

Two World War Two bomb craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken on 4th January 1943. Despite a covering of snow, they appear to be relatively fresh earthworks at this date and the bombs had presumably been dropped fairly recently, some time after the field was last ploughed. It is not clear what target they were intended for. There are a number of World War Two military installations in the surrounding area, such as the radio countermeasures station (NHER 38977) 750m to the north-west or Mundesley coastal battery (NHER 14142) 530m to the north-east. The extensive defences surrounding Mundesley, or the railway (NHER 13585) which runs to the north and east of the site, are other possible targets. Alternatively, the bombs might have been dropped at a random location by an enemy plane prior to making its return flight across the North Sea.