NHER 27614 (Monument record) - World War Two bomb craters

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Summary

Two World War Two bomb craters are visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs. More recent photographs suggest that they have since been levelled.

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None recorded

Location

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

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August 2005. Norfolk NMP.
Two World War Two bomb craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1 and S2), centred at TG 5097 0896. The similar size and close proximity of the two craters suggests that they were both dropped by a single plane in the same raid. The intended target may have been the railway line (NHER 13571) 55m to the south. More recent aerial photographs (for example. (S3)) indicate that the craters have since been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 31 August 2005.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF57374 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/694 4104-5 26-MAR-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF57375 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 4034-5 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 5008A-B).
<S3> SNF57377 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89047 330-1 18-MAR-1989 (NMR).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

BOMB CRATER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 17 2012 2:36PM