NHER 27564 (Monument record) - World War Two bomb craters

August 2005. Norfolk NMP.
Three probable World War Two bomb craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1 and 2), centred at TG 5045 0646. They are first visible on aerial photographs taken in March 1944 (S1), by which time they had already become semi naturalized as ponds. Their roughly circular shape and close spacing, however, suggests that they were craters, probably the result of a single raid. The intended target for the bombs might have been Great Yarmouth, or they could have been jettisoned more or less at random prior to the enemy aircraft making its return flight across the North Sea. The craters are not visible on the most recent aerial photographs consulted (S3), but could still survive as shallow depressions.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 24 August 2005.