NHER 27502 (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 |
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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 the southern end of Victoria Road on the western side of the street at TG 5256 1192. It was a large public surface shelter, divided into two unequal rectangular parts with pitched roofs. The northern section measured 8m long by 2.2m wide and the southern part was 3.6m by 2.2m. These two parts of the shelter were joined by a central section with a flat concrete roof forming the entrance area. This shelter was constructed between August and December 1940 (S3 to S4) and had been demolished by July 1946 (S5). Two shelters of a similar type were present on the adjacent street, Clay Road (NHER 27503 to 27504) with others located elsewhere in Caister village (NHER 27483, 27505 to 27506).
J. Albone (NMP), 20 July 2005.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF56654 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/14 1007-1008 13-MAY-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF56657 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/832 3183-3184 23-SEP-1945 (NHER TG 5111A / TG 5212A).
- <S3> SNF56649 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. RAF 268A/BR183 2-3 17-DEC-1940 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF56658 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. RAF 2A/BR190 37-38 18-AUG-1940 (NMR).
- <S5> 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 4:33PM