NHER 42497 (Monument record) - Possible World War Two bomb crater at Hemsby

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Summary

A large, deep pit, visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs, was possibly a World War Two bomb crater. The intended target may have been the railway line (NHER 13581, now removed) that lay approximately 45m to its north. The site of the possible crater has now been levelled and built over.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG41NE
Civil Parish	HEMSBY, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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February 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A large, deep pit is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 4908 1771. It comprises a relatively small, deep, circular pit, surrounded by a larger oval pit with sloping sides: the extent of the latter has been mapped. Its size and depth, and its relatively fresh appearance on 1940s aerial photographs, suggest that it may have been a bomb crater, although it lacks the ‘halo’ of upcast material typically associated with such features. The site has since been levelled and built over.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 6 February 2006.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF61010 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/17 4008-9 28-MAY-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF61011 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/859 3111-2 29-SEP-1945 (NMR).