NHER 27498 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Probable World War Two bomb crater
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG51SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAISTER ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
July 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A possible World War Two bomb crater is visible as a cropmark on contemporary aerial photographs (S1 to S3). This crater was located on a field boundary at TG 5244 1270. A sub circular cropmark is visible on aerial photographs dating to May 1944. The central part of the cropmark representing the crater has a diameter of up to 18.5m. The outer part of the cropmark has a diameter of 26m and presumably relates to the earth thrown up around the crater itself. No evidence of the crater, either as an earthwork or cropmark, is visible on aerial photographs dating to February 1941 or earlier (S4). This crater probably relates to a bomb dropped at some time between early 1941 and late 1943, allowing time for it to be infilled and cropped before showing on the aerial photographs in the summer of 1944. Two more bomb craters are also visible as cropmarks 220m to the south (NHER 27484) and 250m to the north (NHER 27499).
J. Albone (NMP), 20 July 2005.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF56642 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/17 3018-3019 28-MAY-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF56643 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/27 3071-3072 05-AUG-1944 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF56625 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/832 3184-3185 23-SEP-1945 (Norfolk SMR TG 5112B / TG 5212A).
- <S4> SNF56645 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF 268F/BR172 35-36 10-FEB-1941 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 2 2025 8:19PM