Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12833 |
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| Type of record: | Cropmark and Earthwork |
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| Name: | Cropmarks of World War Two bomb target |
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Summary
Aerial photography from 1945 and 1976 recorded the cropmarks of a large circle with a large central mark. It is believed to represent the remains of a World War Two bomb target.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6780 2214 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62SE |
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| Parish: | ROYDON (NEAR LYNN), WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Cropmark of large circle with large central mark; on field of crop but slightly overlapping into scrub.
World War II bomb target.
See (S1) and RAF vertical aerial photographs.
Located by E. Rose (NAU), 14 September 1977.
Monument Types
- BUTTS (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- TARGET (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF 6722A-B, D-J. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Edwards, D.A. 1977. A soil mark at Roydon, Norfolk. Aerial Archaeology. Vol I, pp 22-23, Fig. 13, Pl XI. |
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