NHER 27501 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelter
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG51SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAISTER ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
July 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two air raid shelter is visible on contemporary aerial photographs (S1 to S3). This shelter was located at TG 5234 1172 on the northern side of Bultitudes Loke. It appears to have been constructed in two parts. The northern part comprised the shelter itself in two adjoining sections with barrel type roofs. The southern part, which fronted onto Bultitudes Loke, had a flat concrete roof forming the entrance area. This was a small public surface shelter sited to serve the properties in this vicinity. This may have been a local air raid shelter design and others of this type were present in Caister village (NHER 27482, 27487, 27500 and 27507). The earliest aerial photographs showing the shelter on Bultitudes Loke date to May 1944 (S1) although it is likely that it was constructed earlier in the war. It had been demolished by July 1946 (S4).
J. Albone (NMP), 20 July 2005.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF56654 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/14 1007-1008 13-MAY-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF56662 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5261-5262 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF56657 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/832 3183-3184 23-SEP-1945 (NHER TG 5111A / TG 5212A).
- <S4> SNF56659 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 5037-5038 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 5212B-C).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jan 4 2006 4:32PM