NHER 27415 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelter
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG50NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
August 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two air raid shelter is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S1) to (S3), centred at TG 5295 0762. Like many of the large air raid shelters in Great Yarmouth, it lay in close proximity to a school (S4) (since demolished) and was presumably built for the protection of staff and pupils. It consisted of a long rectangular structure, which either stood at ground level or was slightly sunken. It appears to have had a trapezoidal profile. Two covered entrances are visible on its south side. Small structures and indentations at each end of the shelter probably mark the location of ventilation shafts. A patch of what may have been camouflage paint or some kind of covering is visible on photographs taken in April 1944 (S2). More recent aerial photographs and modern maps indicate that the shelter was removed after the war and the site has since been built over.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 3 August 2005.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF56875 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF 268F/BR172 23-4 10-FEB-1941 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF56937 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/698 3056-7 08-APR-1944 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF56938 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5360-1 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF56122 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey second edition 25" (1902-7) Sheet LXXVIII. 3.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Dec 7 2010 11:52AM