NHER 27506 (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 S2). This shelter was located at the eastern end of St Julian Road on the southern side of the street at TG 5253 1158. It was a large public surface shelter, divided into two rectangular parts, each measuring 3.6m by 2.2m, with pitched roofs. These two parts of the shelter were joined by a central section with a flat concrete roof forming the entrance area. The earliest aerial photographs showing this shelter date to May 1944 (S1). It is not present on aerial photographs dating to August 1940 (S3), but like other shelters of this type at Caister it was probably constructed shortly afterwards. It had been demolished by July 1946 (S4). Another shelter of the same type was located at the eastern end of St Julian Road (NHER 27505). Other shelters of this type were located elsewhere in Caister on Sea village (NHER 27483, 27502 to 27504).
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> SNF56667 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. RAF 2A/BR190 36-37 18-AUG-1940 (NMR).
- <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
Oct 13 2005 11:36AM