NHER 27691 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelters
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG50NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A group of probable air raid shelters dating to World War Two is visible as earthworks and structural elements on aerial photographs taken in 1945 (S1), centred around TG 5279 0625. The shelters lay in close proximity to each other, in what appears to have been a communal front garden to a block of houses on Dickens Avenue (subsequently redeveloped as Dickens Court). At least five shelters are visible, most as a structure surrounded by a bank. They may all have been covered and semi-sunken Anderson shelters or similar proprietary designs. There is no evidence on more recent aerial photographs that any of the shelters now survives above ground and they were probably levelled soon after the end of the war.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 30 September 2005.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF57806 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5355-6 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 5 2012 2:06PM