NHER 26983 (Monument record) - World War Two bomb craters

August 2005. Norfolk NMP.
Three World War Two bomb craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1 to 3), between TG 5037 0604 and TG 5028 0585. Their linear arrangement, even spacing and relatively similar size suggests that they were created during a single raid. The intended target may have been Great Yarmouth, or the bombs may have been jettisoned prior to the enemy aircraft making its return flight across the North Sea. The two southwesternmost craters are depicted as ponds on some modern maps; on others the central crater is not depicted and modern aerial photographs indicate that like the northeastern crater it was levelled prior to March 1989 (S4).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 23 August 2005.