NHER 27613 (Monument) - Probable World War Two bomb crater

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Summary

A probable World War Two bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on 1940s aerial photographs. More recent photographs suggest that it has been levelled.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG50NW
Civil Parish GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

August 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A probable World War Two bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1 to S2), centred at TG 5085 0899. The untidy appearance of the crater, with a ‘halo’ of disturbed ground surrounding it, suggests that it was created by a bomb rather than being a modern pond, although it may have been put to use as the latter. The intended target may have been the railway line (NHER 13571) 115m to its south. More recent aerial photographs (for example (S3)) indicate that the crater has since been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 31 August 2005.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/694 4104-5 26-MAR-1944 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 4034-5 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 5008A-B).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89047 330-1 18-MAR-1989 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Feb 17 2012 2:36PM

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