NHER 27615 (Monument record) - Probable World War Two bomb crater

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Summary

A probable World War Two bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1944. It is depicted as a pond on more recent maps.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG50NW
Civil Parish	GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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August 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A probable World War Two bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1 and S2), centred at TG 5039 0873. It is shown as a pond on modern maps (for example, S3), but its untidy appearance and surrounding ‘halo’ of upcast debris on 1940s aerial photographs suggests that it may have originally been a bomb crater. The intended target may have been the railway line (NHER 13571) immediately to its north.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 31 August 2005.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF57374 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/694 4104-5 26-MAR-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF57389 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 4006-7 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).
<S3> SNF52443 Map: Ordnance Survey. 2000. Ordnance Survey 1:10000 (revised 2000).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

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Record last edited

Sep 23 2011 12:25PM