NHER 27629 (Monument record) - Probable World War Two bomb crater

September 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A probable World War Two bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1 to S2), centred at TG 5145 0880. The pit was relatively weathered or overgrown by March 1944 (S1) and consequently its original size, as well as its interpretation, remains uncertain. If it was created by a bomb, which seems probable, the intended target may have been the railway line (NHER 13571) 20m to its southwest. Alternatively, the bomb could have been dropped opportunistically or even at random prior to the enemy aircraft making its return flight across the North Sea. A railway siding has since been constructed over the site.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 5 September 2005.