NHER 42370 (Monument record) - Possible World War Two bomb crater

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Summary

A possible World War Two bomb crater is visible as a water-filled earthwork on aerial photographs taken from 1945 onwards. Although its circular shape is typical of a bomb crater, and other craters have been identified in the vicinity (e.g. NHER 42369 240m to the southwest), its interpretation is uncertain. It might instead be a modern stock pond.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG42SE
Civil Parish	HORSEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A possible World War Two bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1) and (S2), centred at TG 4569 2170. Its circular shape and relatively fresh appearance on the 1945 aerial photographs is typical of a crater of this date. The area of disturbed ground around it, however, is more reminiscent of the effect of livestock trampling around a pond; compare the small pool (not mapped) located 45m to its southeast. Whether the feature was merely a modern stock pond, or was originally a bomb crater which was then used as a pond by livestock is not clear. More recent aerial photographs of the site (S3) indicate that it has now been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 6 January 2006.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF59335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/832 3202-3 23-SEP-1945 (NHER TG 4522C & TG 4621A).
<S2> SNF59639 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72018 174-5 15-MAR-1972.
<S3> SNF60214 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1981. OS/81029 092-3 22-JUN-1981.