NHER 51915 (Monument record) - Site of two World War Two bomb craters
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG21SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SPROWSTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 2008. Norfolk NMP.
Two World War Two bomb craters are visible on aerial photographs to the immediate south of the Round Hill plantation (S1)-(S5). The site is centred on TG 2668 1154. One bomb has fallen within the arable field and another 240m to the northwest within ‘The Breck’ plantation.
Both craters measure approximately 9m in diameter. It seems likely that these craters may be from the same raid. The crater on the arable field is ploughed out and barely visible by 1987 (S4).
E. Bales (NMP), 13 November 2008.
March 2018. Geophysical Survey.
Detailed magnetometer survey of proposed development site.
Although the site of the eastern bomb crater fell within the area examined there was no obvious trace of this feature.
See NHER 64841 for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 April 2021.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF71152 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2050 5037-8 06-MAY-1947 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF71153 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/775 (Vp1) 5040-1 21-AUG-1951 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF71154 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1956. RAF 540/1778 (F21) 0006-7 16-JAN-1956 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF72102 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1961. MAL 61500 7298-9 30-AUG-1961 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF71155 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1987. OS/87152 9584-5 11-SEP-1987 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Apr 7 2021 3:01AM