NHER 42375 (Monument record) - World War Two bomb craters
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG42SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SOMERTON, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A group of four probable bomb craters is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 and 1946 (S1 to S2), centred at TG 4673 2065. Their circular shape and ‘halo’ of upcast material (faintly visible around some of the craters but not mapped) suggests that they are bomb craters, although the shape of the southernmost crater (visible at TG 4674 2065) is less convincing that the others. Although they do not appear to have been very recently made, they are clear enough to suggest that they date to World War Two. The earthworks are not visible on more recent aerial photographs of the site (S3) and they have presumably been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 5 January 2006.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF60114 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/832 3204-5 23-SEP-1945 (NHER TG 4621B & TG 4620A).
- <S2> SNF60159 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 4050-1 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 4621C-D).
- <S3> SNF60139 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1981. OS/81029 079-80 22-JUN-1981.
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Record last edited
Aug 12 2025 10:49AM