Monument record BRD 324 - Possible Second World War bomb craters
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Summary
A line of widely-spaced circular pits, visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs, may be Second World War bomb craters. Several of the pits are visible on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015, suggesting that they probably still survive as earthworks.
Location
| Grid reference | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
| Civil Parish | BRANDON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
April 2018. 'Brecks from Above' and Breckland National Mapping Programme.
A line of widely-spaced circular pits is visible as earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs (S1)-(S3). They may be Second World War bomb craters, although this is not certain and other interpretations are possible. Several of the pits are visible on imagery from a lidar survey flown in 2015 (S4), suggesting that they probably still survive as earthworks.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 5th April 2018.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. US/7PH/GP/LOC136 V 5011 02-JAN-1944 (HEA Laser Copy).
- <S2> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/59 V 5213-5214 05-FEB-1946 (HEA Original Print).
- <S3> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/CPE/UK/2021 RS 4061 21-APR-1947 (HEA Original Print).
- <S4> SSF55747 LIDAR Airborne Survey: LIDAR airborne survey. LIDAR Wangford Forest Research 0.5m DTM 17-JUL-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial).
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 11 2018 10:14AM