NHER 44961 (Monument record) - Earthworks of World War Two bomb craters

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Summary

A pair of World War Two bomb craters are visible on aerial photographs, from 1946, within a field to the west of the junction of Station Road and Burgh Road, Wheatacre.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM49SE
Civil Parish	WHEATACRE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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August 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A pair of World War Two bomb craters, 5m in diameter, are visible on aerial photographs within the field to the west of the junction of Station Road and Burgh Road, Wheatacre (S1). The site is centred on TM 4591 9461. It is possible that these bomb craters are result of the bombing decoy located 2.5km to the east (NHER 13610) drawing raids towards this area of the Broads. This area is recorded as having been heavily bombed during the war (S2).
S. Massey (NMP), 16 August 2006.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF67563 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/930 3110-1 16-OCT-1945 (NMR).
<S2> SNF50497 Monograph: Fairhead, H.. 1996. Huby Fairhead's Decoy Sites. Wartime Deception in Norfolk and Suffolk.. p 12.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

BOMB CRATER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

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Wheatacre (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

May 19 2017 9:56AM