NHER 27722 (Monument record) - Sites 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
October 2005. Norfolk NMP.
Two probable World War Two air raid shelters are visible as earthworks and structures on aerial photographs taken in 1945 (S1), at TG 5297 0910 and TG 5299 0906. The shelters lay in close proximity to each other, in the back gardens of 16 Blake Road and 7 Collingwood Road. They are both visible as earthwork mounds, probably covering semi-sunken structures such as Anderson shelters. The identification of the northern shelter (at 16 Blake Road) is somewhat tentative as it is partially obscured on the consulted aerial photographs by shadow and vegetation. The southernmost shelter (at 7 Collingwood Road) appears to have had a structural element over what was probably its entrance at its northern end. There is no evidence on more recent aerial photographs that either of the shelters now survives above ground and they were probably levelled soon after the end of the war.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 4th October 2005.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF58063 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5366-7 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Dec 7 2010 12:21PM