Record Details

NHER Number:43715
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two bomb craters

Summary

A pair of World War Two bomb craters are visible on aerial photographs within an area of plantation to the immediate south of Hickling Broad, Potter Heigham.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 42810 20398
Map Sheet:TG42SW
Parish:POTTER HEIGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A pair of World War Two bomb craters are visible on aerial photographs within an area of plantation, formerly fen, to the immediate south of Hickling Broad, Potter Heigham (S1). The site is centred on TG 4281 2039. The southern crater is circular and 6.5m across in diameter, the northern crater is larger, 10m across, and more is more sub-circular and irregular in shape. A circular area of upcast material surrounds both craters.
S. Massey (NMP), 13 March 2006.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF FNO/142 6089 08-SEP-1942 (NMR).

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