NHER 27585 (Monument record) - World War Two bomb craters

September 2005. Norfolk NMP.
Up to five World War Two bomb craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1 to S5), centred at TG 5159 0830. The identification as bomb craters of the two southern features (located at TG 5156 0819 and TG 5167 0824) is not certain but is the most likely explanation for them. The varying size of all the craters and their rather random pattern suggests that they were the products of several attacks by different planes. The intended target was probably Great Yarmouth and perhaps the railway line (NHER 13571) and station less than 250m to the east and northeast. Alternatively, some of the bombs could have been dropped opportunistically or even at random prior to an enemy aircraft making its return flight across the North Sea. They were all located within the intertidal zone of Breydon Water and some may still survive as earthworks.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 5 September 2005.