NHER 52033 (Monument record) - Possible bomb crater
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
December 2009. Norfolk NMP.
A possible bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 2109 0543. The circularity, steep sides and clearly defined edges of the earthwork in 1945 (S2) suggest its interpretation as a bomb crater, but the fact that it is not really visible on earlier aerial photographs (it might be just visible on (S1)), and the absence of a surrounding ‘halo’ of upcast material perhaps points to an alternative, presumably pre-World War Two origin, perhaps as some kind of pit or pond; nothing is shown here on the consulted historic maps. More recent aerial photography (S3) suggests that the feature may still survive as an earthwork.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 30 December 2009.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF74672 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 (FS) 35-6 30-APR-1942 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF75505 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/1007 6203-4 15-NOV-1945 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF71335 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. XX-XXX-2006 Accessed 09-JUL-2010.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (5)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Nov 17 2020 8:19AM