NHER 27625 (Monument record) - World War Two bomb crater

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Summary

A World War Two bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs dating from 1944 and 1945. More recent aerial photographs indicate that it has since been levelled.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

September 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1 to S2), centred at TG 5141 0889. The intended target may have been Great Yarmouth, or perhaps the railway line (NHER 13571) 70m to the 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. More recent aerial photographs (S3) indicate that the site has since been levelled and now partially underlies the Acle New Road (A47 Trunk Road).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 5 September 2005.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/694 3108-9 26-MAR-1944 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5306-7 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89047 271-2 18-MAR-1989.

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Record last edited

May 31 2006 11:05AM

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