Monument record BLB 100 - Five World War Two bomb craters

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Summary

Five World War Two bomb craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. These earthworks are now levelled.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 4586 7333 (126m by 60m)
Map sheet	TM47SE
Civil Parish	BLYTHBURGH, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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

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January 2015. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Beauty National Mapping Programme..
Five World War Two bomb craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1-S3) on land to the east of Newdelight Covert, Blythburgh. A further three bomb craters are visible just over 400m to the west (SHER BLB 098).These earthworks are now levelled.
E. Ford (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 8th January 2015.

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/543 RS 4172-4173 24-JUL-1945 (EHA Original Print).
<S2> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/602 RP 3005-3006 04-AUG-1945 (EHA Original Print).
<S3> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/929 RS 4130-4131 16-OCT-1945 (EHA Original Print).

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Event - Interpretation: TM47SE. Mapping Block 1: Walberswick to Aldeburgh. NMP National Mapping Programme Project for Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB (Ref: English Heritage Project No. 7085) (ESF22912)

Record last edited

Feb 26 2015 11:08AM