NHER 27571 (Monument record) - Site of probable World War Two bomb crater at 34 Burgh Road, Gorleston-on-Sea
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG50NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A probable World War Two bomb crater is visible as an earthwork and disturbed ground on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3), centred at TG 5219 0523. The intended target may have been the railway line that once lay 140m to the west (NHER 13575), and/or the light anti aircraft battery emplaced on its embankment (NHER 19084). At the same time, as the feature was not a fresh earthwork in 1944, its identification as a bomb crater is not certain (it might instead be a modern pit, for example). Aerial photographs taken more recently (S4) and modern Ordnance Survey maps demonstrate that the site now lies within the garden of 34 Burgh Road, Gorleston on Sea; there is no evidence that the crater still survives as an earthwork and it has probably been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 2 May 2006.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF56498 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/694 3119-20 26-MAR-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF63069 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/38 4016-7 11-SEP-1944 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF63070 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2170 5155-6 26-JUN-1947 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF56502 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89046 208-9 18-MAR-1989.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Dec 8 2010 11:27AM